Development strategy for superinsulated housing

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6327029

This project addressed the problem of introducing radically new construction principles into the residential development arena in the City of Saint Louis which targeted substantial reductions in heating and cooling costs. Specifically, the goal was to devise a program that could explore the use of ''superinsulation'' as standard practice in the housing industry, both for new construction and rehabilitation. The basic approach was to implement a demonstration program that would produce a number of superinsulated housing units of a variety of types. These units would, in effect, be the ''test cases'' to adapt Canadian and European superinsulation standards to a midwestern United States climate. Subsequent monitoring of these units for actual energy use would ''prove'' the reliability and high cost-effectiveness of the technology.

• Research Organization: Saint Louis, City of, MO (USA). Energy Management Program
• OSTI ID: 6327029
• Report Number(s): DOE/NBM-86001420; ON: DE86001420
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320101* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
BUILDINGS
COST
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
DOUBLE ENVELOPE BUILDINGS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
FEDERAL REGION VII
HOUSES
MARKETING
MISSOURI
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
OPENINGS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SPACE HVAC SYSTEMS
THERMAL INSULATION
USA
WALLS
WEATHERIZATION
WINDOWS