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Affiliate Steps Toward Building Energy Star Homes, Florida Solar Energy Center, Janet Mcilvaine
Affiliate Steps Toward Building Energy Star Homes, Florida Solar Energy Center, Janet Mcilvaine
FSEC Energy Research Center®
To certify a home as an Energy Star, a builder works with a RESNET certified home energy rater to evaluate the home with respect to criteria required by the Energy Star program. The following steps will help Habitat affiliates navigate the path toward building Energy Star homes.
Exploring Cost-Effective, High Performance Residential Retrofits Foraffordable Housing In The Hot Humid Climate, Florida Solar Energy Center, Janet Mcilvaine
Exploring Cost-Effective, High Performance Residential Retrofits Foraffordable Housing In The Hot Humid Climate, Florida Solar Energy Center, Janet Mcilvaine
FSEC Energy Research Center®
In 2009, a Department of Energy Building America team led by the Florida Solar Energy Center began working with partners to find cost-effective paths for improving the energy performance of existing homes in the hot humid climate. A test-in energy audit and energy use modeling of the partner's proposed renovation package was performed for 41 affordable and middle income foreclosed homes in Florida and Alabama. HERS1 Indices ranged from 92 to 184 with modeled energy savings ranging from 3% to 50% (average of 26%). Analyses and recommendations were discussed with partners to encourage more efficient retrofits, highlight health and safety …
Evaluation Of Bias Issues Within Regression-Based Inverse Modeling Methods Against Climate And Building Characteristics Using Synthetic Data, Florida Solar Energy Center, Jamie Cummings
Evaluation Of Bias Issues Within Regression-Based Inverse Modeling Methods Against Climate And Building Characteristics Using Synthetic Data, Florida Solar Energy Center, Jamie Cummings
FSEC Energy Research Center®
Typically, a model of the energy use of a building is created using the building's characteristics and climate information for its location. However, models of existing homes can be created using monitored energy and climactic data in a process called inverse modeling. Such a technique has potential for those seeking to evaluate the savings a home before and after a retrofit (Meier, Busch, & Conner, 1988).Several programs use an inverse modeling technique to model a home's energy use based on total home energy use, heating and cooling energy use, and indoor/outdoor temperature data from a home (Kissock, Haberl, & Claridge, …
Establishing Degradation Rates And Service Lifetime Of Photovoltaic Systems, Albert Leyte-Vidal
Establishing Degradation Rates And Service Lifetime Of Photovoltaic Systems, Albert Leyte-Vidal
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
As fossil fuel sources continue to diminish, oil prices continue to increase, and global warming and CO2 emissions keep impacting the environment, it has been necessary to shift energy consumption and generation to a different path. Solar energy has proven to be one of the most promising sources of renewable energy because it is environmentally friendly, available anywhere in the world, and cost competitive. For photovoltaic (PV) system engineers, designing a PV system is not an easy task. Research demonstrates that different PV technologies behave differently under certain conditions; therefore energy production varies not only with capacity of the system …