Measured Cooling Performance and Potential for Buried Duct Condensation in a 1991 Central Florida Retrofit Home

Technical Report · Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1219912· OSTI ID:1219912

Chasar, Dave ^[1]; Withers, Charles R. ^[1]

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1. Building America Partership for Improved Residential Construction (BA-PIRC), Cocoa, FL (United States)

FSEC conducted energy performance monitoring of two existing residences in Central Florida that were undergoing various retrofits. These homes were occupied by FSEC researchers and were fully instrumented to provide detailed energy, temperature, and humidity measurements. The data provided feedback about the performance of two levels of retrofit in two types of homes in a hot-humid climate. This report covers a moderate-level retrofit and includes two years of pre-retrofit data to characterize the impact of improvements. The other home is a 'deep energy retrofit' (detailed in a separate report) that has performed at near zero energy with a photovoltaic (PV) system and extensive envelope improvements.

• Research Organization: Building America Partership for Improved Residential Construction (BA-PIRC), Cocoa, FL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (EE-5B) (Building America)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308; KNDJ-0-40339-00
• OSTI ID: 1219912
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102013-3842; 6101
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

Central Florida
energy performance monitoring
retrofits
hot humid climate
residential
residential building
BA-PIRC
Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC)
Building America