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Title: Building America Best Practices Series, Volume 9: Builders Challenge Guide to 40% Whole-House Energy Savings in the Hot-Dry and Mixed-Dry Climates

Abstract

This best practices guide is the ninth in a series of guides for builders produced by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building America Program. This guide book is a resource to help builders design and construct homes that are among the most energy-efficient available, while addressing issues such as building durability, indoor air quality, and occupant health, safety, and comfort. With the measures described in this guide, builders in the hot-dry and mixed-dry climates can achieve homes that have whole house energy savings of 40% over the Building America benchmark (a home built to mid-1990s building practices roughly equivalent to the 1993 Model Energy Code) with no added overall costs for consumers. These best practices are based on the results of research and demonstration projects conducted by Building America’s research teams. The guide includes information for managers, designers, marketers, site supervisors, and subcontractors, as well as case studies of builders who are successfully building homes that cut energy use by 40% in the hot-dry and mixed-dry climates.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
973448
Report Number(s):
PNNL-18899
BT0101000; TRN: US201006%%748
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; AIR QUALITY; BENCHMARKS; BUILDERS; CLIMATES; CONTRACTORS; DESIGN; MARKETERS; OCCUPANTS; SAFETY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; HOUSES; Building America; Builders Challenge; energy-efficient housing; builders; contractors; architects; HVAC; optimum value engineering; Model Energy Code; zero energy home; foundation; walls; roof; ventilation

Citation Formats

Baechler, Michael C, Gilbride, Theresa L, Hefty, Marye G, Williamson, Jennifer L, Ruiz, Kathleen A, Bartlett, Rosemarie, and Love, Pat M. Building America Best Practices Series, Volume 9: Builders Challenge Guide to 40% Whole-House Energy Savings in the Hot-Dry and Mixed-Dry Climates. United States: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.2172/973448.
Baechler, Michael C, Gilbride, Theresa L, Hefty, Marye G, Williamson, Jennifer L, Ruiz, Kathleen A, Bartlett, Rosemarie, & Love, Pat M. Building America Best Practices Series, Volume 9: Builders Challenge Guide to 40% Whole-House Energy Savings in the Hot-Dry and Mixed-Dry Climates. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/973448
Baechler, Michael C, Gilbride, Theresa L, Hefty, Marye G, Williamson, Jennifer L, Ruiz, Kathleen A, Bartlett, Rosemarie, and Love, Pat M. 2009. "Building America Best Practices Series, Volume 9: Builders Challenge Guide to 40% Whole-House Energy Savings in the Hot-Dry and Mixed-Dry Climates". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/973448. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/973448.
@article{osti_973448,
title = {Building America Best Practices Series, Volume 9: Builders Challenge Guide to 40% Whole-House Energy Savings in the Hot-Dry and Mixed-Dry Climates},
author = {Baechler, Michael C and Gilbride, Theresa L and Hefty, Marye G and Williamson, Jennifer L and Ruiz, Kathleen A and Bartlett, Rosemarie and Love, Pat M},
abstractNote = {This best practices guide is the ninth in a series of guides for builders produced by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building America Program. This guide book is a resource to help builders design and construct homes that are among the most energy-efficient available, while addressing issues such as building durability, indoor air quality, and occupant health, safety, and comfort. With the measures described in this guide, builders in the hot-dry and mixed-dry climates can achieve homes that have whole house energy savings of 40% over the Building America benchmark (a home built to mid-1990s building practices roughly equivalent to the 1993 Model Energy Code) with no added overall costs for consumers. These best practices are based on the results of research and demonstration projects conducted by Building America’s research teams. The guide includes information for managers, designers, marketers, site supervisors, and subcontractors, as well as case studies of builders who are successfully building homes that cut energy use by 40% in the hot-dry and mixed-dry climates.},
doi = {10.2172/973448},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2009},
month = {Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2009}
}