Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing Research Program

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5412012· OSTI ID:5412012

Six area reported progress in the Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing Research Program during FY 1991. As part of Industry Guidance, meetings were held with steering and technical committees in computers, housing design and manufacturing. This task area enables the program to benefit from the expertise of industry representatives and communicate research results directly to them. As part of the Design Process performance specifications were being developed for the future housing system designed last year. These house designs coordinate and optimize predicted and desirable advances in computerized design processes, materials, components, and manufacturing automation to achieve energy efficiency at reduced first cost. Energy design software were being developed for CAD systems, stressed skin insulating core panel manufacturers; and a prototype energy sales tool. A prototype design was to be developed to integrate one or more subsystems with the building skin. As part of the Manufacturing Process we are developing a manufacturing process simulation and data base to help current and new entrants to the industrialized housing industry in assessing the impact of implementing new manufacturing techniques. For Evaluation we are developing testing plans for six units of housing on the UO campus and the stressed skin insulating core house to be constructed in Oregon. The DOW Chemical test structure will be retrofitted with a tile roof and retested to compare to the dome and conventional construction structures. Calibration of the wind tunnel will be completed so that laboratory tests can be conducted to simulate the ventilation cooling efficiency of houses in design. Research utilization and program management were either aspects of this program.

• Research Organization: Oregon Univ., Eugene, OR (United States). Center for Housing Innovation; Florida Solar Energy Center, Cape Canaveral, FL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FC03-89SF17960
• OSTI ID: 5412012
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/17960-T12; ON: DE92011331
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
EVALUATION
HOUSES
DESIGN
COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING
PROGRESS REPORT
BUILDINGS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EFFICIENCY
MANUFACTURING
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
320105* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Building Services- (1987-)