High Performance Walls in Hot-Dry Climates
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
High performance walls represent a high priority measure for moving the next generation of new homes to the Zero Net Energy performance level. The primary goal in improving wall thermal performance revolves around increasing the wall framing from 2x4 to 2x6, adding more cavity and exterior rigid insulation, achieving insulation installation criteria meeting ENERGY STAR's thermal bypass checklist, and reducing the amount of wood penetrating the wall cavity.
- 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:
- 1170336
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/GO-102015-4587; KNDJ-0-40340-00
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: Work performed by Alliance for Residential Building Innovation (ARBI), Davis, California
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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