Whole-House Approach Benefits Builders, Buyers, and the Environment

Technical Report · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/15000960· OSTI ID:15000960

This document provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America program. Building America works with the residential building industry to develop and implement innovative building processes and technologies-innovations that save builders and homeowners millions of dollars in construction and energy costs. This industry-led, cost-shared partnership program aims to reduce energy use by 50% and reduce construction time and waste, improve indoor air quality and comfort, encourage a systems engineering approach for design and construction of new homes, and accelerate the development and adoption of high performance in production housing.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO. (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15000960
• Report Number(s): NREL/BR-550-27745
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
AIR QUALITY
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BUILDERS
BUILDING AMERICA
BUILDING SCIENCE CONSORTIUM
BUILDINGS
CARB
CONSORTIUM FOR ADVANCED RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION
DESIGN
DOE
DOLLARS
ENERGY ACCOUNTING
HICKORY CONSORTIUM
IBACOS
IHP
INDUSTRIALIZED HOUSING PARTNERSHIP
INTEGRATED BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS
MARKETERS
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
NREL
PERFORMANCE
PRODUCTION
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SYSTEM ENGINEERING RESEARCH
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING APPROACH
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
WHOLE-HOUSE APPROACH