Evaluation of a Multifamily Retrofit in Climate Zone 5, Boulder, Colorado (Fact Sheet)

doi:https://doi.org/10.2172/1105084

Title: Evaluation of a Multifamily Retrofit in Climate Zone 5, Boulder, Colorado (Fact Sheet)

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In 2009, a 37-unit apartment complex located in Boulder, Colorado, underwent an energy retrofit to comply with Boulder SmartRegs Ordinance, a mandate that requires all rental properties to meet certain energy efficiency standards by 2018. The Consortium of Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB), a U.S. Department of Energy Building America team, worked with city planners and building owners to evaluate this program and recently completed a case study evaluating the effectiveness of a collection of retrofit measures.

Publication Date:: 2013-11-01

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Building Technologies Office

OSTI Identifier:: 1105084

Report Number(s):: DOE/GO-102013-4259
KNDJ-0-40342-00

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Related Information: Building America Case Study: Whole-House Solutions for Existing Homes, Building Technologies Office (BTO)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; RESIDENTIAL; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; BUILDING AMERICA; CARB; MULTIFAMILY; APARTMENT; UTILITY BILLS; BILL ANALYSIS; PRE- AND POST-RETROFI; ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES; LIGHTING, APPLIANCES, AND MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRIC LOADS; MELS; ENERGY MODELING PREDICTIONS; PREDICTED VS. ACTUAL

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