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Title: NorthernSTAR 1-1/2-Story Demonstration House of Cold Climate Solutions for Affordable Housing

Abstract

Single family homes in urban areas that are available for renovation by nonprofit developers are often in rough shape (1MM to 2MM nationally). Budgeting has historically focused on improving homes to meet basic housing standards. A rising interest in the long-term impact of homeownership has introduced the need to balance basic needs with home performance. This demonstration project aims to help nonprofit affordable housing developers become familiar with three Building America performance measures, the installation processes, and impacts and benefits of each. A story and a half home in North Minneapolis, MN was presented by Urban Homeworks our local nonprofit partner. The team helped them install three researched upgrade measures: exterior roof insulation or 'overcoat,' exterior foundation insulation, or 'excavationless', and a combined space and water heating HVAC system or 'combi'. To maximize efficiency of application and to address budget issues, the Team worked with Urban Homeworks to identify ways to use volunteers and construction training programs to install the measures. An open invitation to visit the job site was extended to other nonprofit developers and industry partners to encourage dialog about the systems during live installation.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN (United States). NorthernSTAR Building America Partnership
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
OSTI Identifier:
1244675
Report Number(s):
NREL/SR-5500-65407; DOE/GO-102016-4827
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; exterior roof insulation; exterior foundation insulation; combination space and water heating; hydronic fan coils; hydrovac excavation; below grade insulation; nonprofit affordable housing; affordable home renovation; residential; residential buildings; NorthernSTAR; Building America

Citation Formats

Schirber, T., Ojczyk, C., and Jacobson, R. NorthernSTAR 1-1/2-Story Demonstration House of Cold Climate Solutions for Affordable Housing. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.2172/1244675.
Schirber, T., Ojczyk, C., & Jacobson, R. NorthernSTAR 1-1/2-Story Demonstration House of Cold Climate Solutions for Affordable Housing. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1244675
Schirber, T., Ojczyk, C., and Jacobson, R. 2016. "NorthernSTAR 1-1/2-Story Demonstration House of Cold Climate Solutions for Affordable Housing". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1244675. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1244675.
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title = {NorthernSTAR 1-1/2-Story Demonstration House of Cold Climate Solutions for Affordable Housing},
author = {Schirber, T. and Ojczyk, C. and Jacobson, R.},
abstractNote = {Single family homes in urban areas that are available for renovation by nonprofit developers are often in rough shape (1MM to 2MM nationally). Budgeting has historically focused on improving homes to meet basic housing standards. A rising interest in the long-term impact of homeownership has introduced the need to balance basic needs with home performance. This demonstration project aims to help nonprofit affordable housing developers become familiar with three Building America performance measures, the installation processes, and impacts and benefits of each. A story and a half home in North Minneapolis, MN was presented by Urban Homeworks our local nonprofit partner. The team helped them install three researched upgrade measures: exterior roof insulation or 'overcoat,' exterior foundation insulation, or 'excavationless', and a combined space and water heating HVAC system or 'combi'. To maximize efficiency of application and to address budget issues, the Team worked with Urban Homeworks to identify ways to use volunteers and construction training programs to install the measures. An open invitation to visit the job site was extended to other nonprofit developers and industry partners to encourage dialog about the systems during live installation.},
doi = {10.2172/1244675},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1244675}, journal = {},
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volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}