Building America Expert Meeting. Combustion Safety

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1219944· OSTI ID:1219944

Brand, Larry ^[1]

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1. Partnership for Advanced Residential Retrofit (PARR), Des Plaines, IL (United States)

This is an overview of "The Best Approach to Combustion Safety in a Direct Vent World," held June 28, 2012, in San Antonio, TX. The objective of this Expert Meeting was to identify gaps and barriers that need to be addressed by future research, and to develop data-driven technical recommendations for code updates so that a common approach for combustion safety can be adopted by all members of the building energy efficiency and code communities.

• Research Organization: Partnership for Advanced Residential Retrofit (PARR), Des Plaines, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (EE-5B) (Building America)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308; KNDJ-0-40346-00
• OSTI ID: 1219944
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102012-3808; 6140
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

combustion safety testing
direct vent appliances
ICC and NFPA/ANSI code requirements
BPI and RESNET practices
residential
residential building
Partnership for Advanced Residential Retrofit (PARR)
Building America