The PNNL Lab Homes Experimental Plan, FY12-FY15

Technical Report · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1060683· OSTI ID:1060683

Widder, Sarah H. ^[1]; Parker, Graham B. ^[1]; Baechler, Michael C. ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Retrofitting and renovating existing homes to save energy has become an increasingly important component of the Nation’s energy strategy. Recognizing the need to aggressively research and develop deep energy retrofit strategies for existing homes, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is pursuing many innovative and impactful projects as part of its Building America (BA) program. One of these projects is providing partial support for two factory-built Lab Homes recently installed on the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) campus in Richland, Washington, which allow for the validation, demonstration, and characterization of new, energy efficient and peak load shaving technologies. The experimental home is retrofit with an energy- or water-efficient or smart technology to demonstrate the performance of that technology, while the baseline home serves as the control for side-by-side comparison of performance in homes with and without the retrofit measure under identical occupancy rates and weather conditions. Together, they serve as a research platform for testing and comparing new ideas and approaches that are applicable to site-built and manufactured homes. As the Lab Homes steward, PNNL works with multiple clients and stakeholders to use the Lab Homes for experiments focused on reducing energy use, improving grid responsiveness, and shaving peak demand.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1060683
• Report Number(s): PNNL--21422; BT0101000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
PNNL lab homes
residential energy efficiency
retrofit
smart grid