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Title: Building America Case Study: Raised Ceiling Interior Duct System, New Smyrna, Florida (Fact Sheet)

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OSTI ID:1156985

One of BA-PIRC's longtime Habitat for Humanity partners, S.E. Volusia CO (SEVHFH), was interested in building a home to the new Challenge Home standards. SEVHFH routinely builds ENERGY STAR V3.1 homes. The only modification to their design needed to comply with the Challenge Home criteria was the interior duct requirement. Unwilling to incur the added costs of a foam roof deck or wall heights above 8 feet to accommodate a fur-down chase SEVHFH opted to build a fur-up or raised ceiling chase.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Building Technologies Office
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1156985
Report Number(s):
DOE/GO-102014-4467; KNDJ-0-40339-00
Resource Relation:
Related Information: Technology Solutions for New and Existing Homes, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English