Approaches to 30% Energy Savings at the Community Scale in the Hot-Humid Climate

Beal, David; Thomas-Rees, Stephanie; Martin, Eric; Fonorow, Ken

doi:10.25984/2204262

Title: Approaches to 30% Energy Savings at the Community Scale in the Hot-Humid Climate

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The Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction, formerly the Building America Industrialized Housing Partnership, has worked with several community-scale builders within the hot-humid climate zone to improve performance of production-, or community-scale, housing. Tommy Williams Homes (Gainesville, Florida), LifeStyle Homes (Melbourne, Florida), and Habitat for Humanity (various locations, Florida) have all been continuous partners of the Building America Program. The activities of these partners, described in this report, achieved the Building America goal of 30% whole-house source energy savings using packages adopted at the community scale. For new homes, the reference case is the B10 Benchmark, aligned with 2009 building codes.

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Beal, David; Thomas-Rees, Stephanie; Martin, Eric; Fonorow, Ken

University of Central Florida - Florida Solar Energy Center

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

Other Number(s):: 4588

Research Org.:: DOE Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI); University of Central Florida - Florida Solar Energy Center

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

Collaborations:: University of Central Florida - Florida Solar Energy Center

Subject:: Array; BuildingAmerica; Residential Building; affordable housing; building america; central fan integrated supply ventilation systems; comfort; community; cost effectiveness; duct systems; hot humid; hvac; indoor air quality; moisture design; neutral cost analysis; production scale housing; residential; seasonal energy efficiency ratio; whole-home

OSTI Identifier:: 2204262

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.25984/2204262

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                    Beal, David, Thomas-Rees, Stephanie, Martin, Eric, and Fonorow, Ken. Approaches to 30% Energy Savings at the Community Scale in the Hot-Humid Climate.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Beal, David, Thomas-Rees, Stephanie, Martin, Eric, & Fonorow, Ken. Approaches to 30% Energy Savings at the Community Scale in the Hot-Humid Climate.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.25984/2204262

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                    Beal, David, Thomas-Rees, Stephanie, Martin, Eric, and Fonorow, Ken. 2016.  
"Approaches to 30% Energy Savings at the Community Scale in the Hot-Humid Climate".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.25984/2204262.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2204262. Pub date:Wed Apr 27 04:00:00 UTC 2016

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  title        = {Approaches to 30% Energy Savings at the Community Scale in the Hot-Humid Climate},

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  abstractNote = {The Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction, formerly the Building America Industrialized Housing Partnership, has worked with several community-scale builders within the hot-humid climate zone to improve performance of production-, or community-scale, housing. Tommy Williams Homes (Gainesville, Florida), LifeStyle Homes (Melbourne, Florida), and Habitat for Humanity (various locations, Florida) have all been continuous partners of the Building America Program. The activities of these partners, described in this report, achieved the Building America goal of 30% whole-house source energy savings using packages adopted at the community scale. For new homes, the reference case is the B10 Benchmark, aligned with 2009 building codes.},

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