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Title: Retrofitting Garden-Style Apartments in Brooklyn, New York

Abstract

This research effort sought to achieve a solution package that yields energy savings greater than 30% more than the existing conditions in a minimally intrusive, multifamily, retrofit project.

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  1. Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (United States)
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Research Org.:
Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB), Norwalk, CT (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (EE-5B) (Building America)
OSTI Identifier:
1240494
Report Number(s):
DOE/GO-102016-4785
7325
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; residential; residential buildings; building america; carb; retrofit; multifamily

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Heather Nolen, Maxwell, Sean, Neri, Robin, and Grab, Joanna. Retrofitting Garden-Style Apartments in Brooklyn, New York. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.2172/1240494.
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Heather Nolen, Maxwell, Sean, Neri, Robin, & Grab, Joanna. Retrofitting Garden-Style Apartments in Brooklyn, New York. United States. doi:10.2172/1240494.
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title = {Retrofitting Garden-Style Apartments in Brooklyn, New York},
author = {Heather Nolen and Maxwell, Sean and Neri, Robin and Grab, Joanna},
abstractNote = {This research effort sought to achieve a solution package that yields energy savings greater than 30% more than the existing conditions in a minimally intrusive, multifamily, retrofit project.},
doi = {10.2172/1240494},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2016}
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