Combustion Safety Simplified Test Protocol Field Study

Technical Report · Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1225414· OSTI ID:1225414

Brand, L. ^[1]; Cautley, D. ^[1]; Bohac, D. ^[1]; Francisco, P. ^[1]; Shen, L. ^[1]; Gloss, S. ^[1]

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1. Gas Technology Inst., Des Plaines, IL (United States)

Combustions safety is an important step in the process of upgrading homes for energy efficiency. There are several approaches used by field practitioners, but researchers have indicated that the test procedures in use are complex to implement and provide too many false positives. Field failures often mean that the house is not upgraded until after remediation or not at all, if not include in the program. In this report the PARR and NorthernSTAR DOE Building America Teams provide a simplified test procedure that is easier to implement and should produce fewer false positives. A survey of state weatherization agencies on combustion safety issues, details of a field data collection instrumentation package, summary of data collected over seven months, data analysis and results are included. The project team collected field data on 11 houses in 2015.

• Research Organization: Gas Technology Inst., Des Plaines, IL (United States). Partnership for Advanced Residential Retrofit and NorthernSTAR
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (EE-5B) (Building America)
• OSTI ID: 1225414
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102015-4805; 7237
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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