Innovative Energy Systems
Presentations from Track B, Innovative Energy Systems Including Technology Gaps, of the U.S. Department of Energy Building America program's 2010 Residential Buildings Energy Efficiency Meeting are provided below as Adobe Acrobat PDFs.
Presentations from Track B, Innovative Energy Systems Including Technology Gaps, were presented in the following sessions:
- Air Infiltration and Ventilation
- High Performance Enclosures
- Hot Water
- HVAC Technologies
- Automated Home Energy Management Systems
- Forced Air Systems
- Onsite Renewable Energy Systems
- Building Codes
Air Infiltration and Ventilation
- Air Sealing, Ventilation and Combustion Appliances
- Super Insulation, Tight Envelope and Exhaust Ventilation for Cold Climates
- Ventilation Systems Used by Production Builders in Florida
High Performance Enclosures
- Advanced Framing/ Thermal Bridging (WMV 47 MB)
- Exterior Thermal and Moisture Control with Structural Engineered Panels (WMV 50 MB)
- High R-Value Walls (NAHB) (WMV 71 MB)
- High R-Value Walls (BSC) (WMV 49 MB)
- Phase Change Materials (WMV 44 MB)
Hot Water
- High Performance Hot Water Systems (WMV 46 KB)
- Advanced Gas Water Heating and Combination Water/Space Heating (WMV 49 MB)
- Heat Pump Water Heater Technology (WMV 12 MB)
HVAC Technologies
- Residential Air Conditioning Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD) and Programs to Support Efficient Operation
- Humidity Control Strategies
- Ground Source Heat Pump Systems in ZEBRAlliance Test Homes
Automated Home Energy Management Systems
- Overview of Automated Home Energy Management Systems
- Utility trends & Market for Consumer Targeted Smart-Grid Related Products
- Current Technologies and Challenges For Intelligent Controls
- Interoperability and User-Interface University Challenges and Research Needs
Forced Air Systems
- Blower Motor Energy Use
- Duct Systems For New and Retrofit Homes
- Duct Design in Low Load Homes
- Room Air Mixing in High Performance Homes
Onsite Renewable Energy Systems
- Solar Water Heating Gaps and Barriers: Why Doesn't the U.S. Have a Robust Solar Hot Water Market?
- Modeling and Testing of Full-Scale, Building-Integrated PV Collectors
- Break-Even Costs of PV in U.S. Markets




