U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Building Technologies Office

Critical Guidance for Peak Performance Homes

Presentations from Track B, Critical Guidance for Peak Performance Homes of the U.S. Department of Energy Building America program's 2012 Residential Energy Efficiency Stakeholder Meeting are provided below as Adobe Acrobat PDFs.

These presentations were delivered in the following sessions:

• Ventilation Strategies in High Performance Homes
• Combustion Safety in Tight Houses
• Implementation Program Case Studies
• Field Testing from Start to Finish
• Humidity Control and Analysis

Ventilation Strategies in High Performance Homes

• Why We Ventilate
• Formaldehyde in New Homes: Ventilation vs. Source Control
• Effective, Low-Cost, Whole-Building Ventilation for Existing Homes

Combustion Safety in Tight Houses

• An Overview of Gas Industry Research on Combustion Safety
• Model-based Assessment of Combustion Safety Diagnostic Procedures
• Testing Protocols and Results: Airport Sound Program Experience and BPI/RESNET Development

Implementation Program Case Studies

• Best Practices for Utility Incentive Programs
• Building America Perspective and Overlay to the Home Energy Upgrade California Approach
• Community-Scale Energy Improvements

Field Testing from Start to Finish

• Field Test Best Practice Tool Update
• Analysis Driven Field Testing

Humidity Control and Analysis

• Laboratory Performance Testing of Residential Dehumidifiers
• Residential Humidity Control Strategies