Performance Evaluation and Opportunity Assessment for St. Bernard Project

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1018104· OSTI ID:1018104

Dickson, B

This report describes efforts by IBACOS, a Department of Energy Building America research team, in the St. Bernard Project, a nonprofit, community-based organization whose mission is to assist Hurricane Katrina survivors return to their homes in the New Orleans area. The report focuses on energy modeling results of two plans that the St. Bernard Project put forth as 'typical' building types andon quality issues that were observed during the field walk and Best Practice recommendations that could improve the energy efficiency and durability of the renovated homes.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1018104
• Report Number(s): NREL/SR-5500-51852; DOE/GO-102011-3319; KNDJ-0-40341-0; TRN: US201114%%107
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Work performed by IBACOS, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
EVALUATION
HURRICANES
PERFORMANCE
RECOMMENDATIONS
SIMULATION
Building America
St. Bernard Project
New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina
disaster recovery