Retrofitting a 1960s Split-Level Cold-Climate Home

Puttagunta, Sriknath

doi:10.25984/2204260

Title: Retrofitting a 1960s Split-Level Cold-Climate Home

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The U.S. Department of Energy Building America research team Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB) partnered with Preferred Builders, a previous CARB partner and builder of the Performance House (DOE 2013) and the owners of a 1960s split-level home in Westport, Connecticut, to evaluate and implement a cost-effective solution package that met the requirements of 30% source energy savings compared to the pre-retrofit performance. This home had already been updated aesthetically (kitchen and bathrooms), so the owners wanted the energy-efficiency measures to be as non-disruptive to the interior finishes as possible.

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Puttagunta, Sriknath

Steven Winter Associates of the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings

Publication Date:: Wed Apr 27 04:00:00 UTC 2016

Other Number(s):: 4670

Research Org.:: DOE Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI); Steven Winter Associates of the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Multiple Programs (EE)

Collaborations:: Steven Winter Associates of the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings

Subject:: Array; BuildingAmerica; airtightness; building america; cellulose; closed-cell spray foam insulation; cold; cost effectiveness; existing home; natural gas condensing tankless boiling; occupied home; residential; retrofit; thermal resistance; unvented attic; utility bill validation

OSTI Identifier:: 2204260

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.25984/2204260

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  abstractNote = {The U.S. Department of Energy Building America research team Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB) partnered with Preferred Builders, a previous CARB partner and builder of the Performance House (DOE 2013) and the owners of a 1960s split-level home in Westport, Connecticut, to evaluate and implement a cost-effective solution package that met the requirements of 30% source energy savings compared to the pre-retrofit performance. This home had already been updated aesthetically (kitchen and bathrooms), so the owners wanted the energy-efficiency measures to be as non-disruptive to the interior finishes as possible.},

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