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Cold Climate Case Study; High Efficiency North Dakota Twin Homes, Florida Solar Energy Center, David Chasar
Cold Climate Case Study; High Efficiency North Dakota Twin Homes, Florida Solar Energy Center, David Chasar
FSEC Energy Research Center®
The Eastern Dakota Housing Alliance has completed 8 of 20 planned multi-family and single-family dwellings on Selkirk Circle in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Four twin-home (duplex) units were completed in March of 2003 (Phase I) and four more identical units were completed in February of 2004 (Phase II). Four additional units (Phase III) are due for completion by mid-summer, 2004. Design assistance and performance testing were provided by the Building America Industrialized Housing Project with the goal of achieving up to 50% energy savings over the 1993 Model Energy Code.
To approach this level of savings, various envelope and equipment …
Energy Star Manufactured Homes: The Plant Certification Process, Florida Solar Energy Center, David Chasar
Energy Star Manufactured Homes: The Plant Certification Process, Florida Solar Energy Center, David Chasar
FSEC Energy Research Center®
In an on-going collaboration over the last ten years, researchers have worked with the manufactured housing industry offering building science advice and conducting diagnostic testing (Chandra et al 2002). This partnership resulted in the first two HUD code ENERGY STAR homes in 1997 and the development of standardized, in-plant Duct Blaster testing in 2001. One manufacturer is currently testing duct leakage on every home in 12 factories, representing over 8,000 homes per year.
In 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced the ENERGY STAR label for manufactured homes. Guidelines for this program focus on certification of the HUD-code plant …