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Title: Quality Assurance Strategy for Existing Homes: Final Quality Management Primer for High Performing Homes

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1062452· OSTI ID:1062452

This guide is designed to help Building America (BA) Teams understand quality management and its role in transitioning from conventional to high performance home building and remodeling. It explains what quality means, the value of quality management systems, the unique need for QMS when building high performing homes, and the first steps to a implementing a comprehensive QMS. This documentprovides a framework and context for BA teams when they encounter builders and remodelers.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1062452
Report Number(s):
NREL/SR-5500-54888; DOE/GO-102012-3591; KNDJ-0-40335-00
Resource Relation:
Related Information: Work performed by NAHB Research Center, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English