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Title: Wyandotte Neighborhood Stabilization Program: Retrofit of Two Homes

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1076658· OSTI ID:1076658

The Wyandotte NSP2 project aims to build 20 new houses and retrofit 20 existing houses in Wyandotte, MI. This report will detail the retrofit of 2 existing houses in the program. Wyandotte is part of a Michigan State Housing Development Authority-led consortium that is funded by HUD under the NSP2 program. The City of Wyandotte has also been awarded DOE EE&CBG funds that are being used to developa district GSHP system to service the project. This draft report examines the energy efficiency recommendations for retrofit construction at these homes. The report will be of interest to anyone planning an affordable, high performance retrofit of an existing home in a Cold Climate zone. Information from this report will also be useful to retrofit or weatherization program staff as some of theproposed retrofit solutions will apply to a wide range of projects. Preliminary results from the first complete house suggest that the technology package employed (which includes spray foam insulation and insulating sheathing) does meet the specific whole house water, air, and thermal control requirements, as well as, the project's affordability goals. Monitoring of the GSHP system has beenrecommended and analysis of this information is not yet available.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Building Technologies Program
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1076658
Report Number(s):
NREL/SR-5500-55115; DOE/GO-102013-3607; KNDJ-0-40337-00
Resource Relation:
Related Information: Work performed by Building Science Corporation (BSC), Somerville, Massachusetts
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English