Retrofitting homes for energy conservation: a business guide

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1975

OSTI ID:7336969

Johnson, R J; Johnson, A W

A report is given which provides information to entrepreneurs with home building industry, remodeling, or related experience about the nature of the potential new business opportunity for retrofitting existing single-family homes with sensible energy-conserving items. It sets forth some facts about the energy crisis, discusses the potential market opportunity and some of the new and different aspects of the retrofit business, contains information on marketing retrofit packages, sets forth groups of energy-conserving items in several logical packages for each of the different climate zones, and contains worksheets, and formulas and methods for calculating the amount of energy cost savings related to the retrofit items. (GRA)

• Research Organization: NAHB Research Foundation, Inc., Rockville, MD (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7336969
• Report Number(s): PB-250061
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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Consumption
& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
BUILDINGS
CONSTRUCTION
ECONOMICS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
HOUSES
MARKET
MODIFICATIONS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS