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Building America Best Practices Series: Volume 1; Builders and Buyers Handbook for Improving New Home Efficiency, Comfort, and Durability in the Hot and Humid Climate This Building America Best Practices guide book is a resource to help builders large and small build high-quality, energy-efficient homes that achieve 30% energy savings in space conditioning and wate Details Bookmark & Share
Better Duct Systems for Home Heating and Cooling; Building Technologies Program (Brochure) Duct systems used in forced-air space-conditioning systems are a vital element in home energy efficiency. How well a system works makes a big difference in the cost and the effectiveness of heating an Details Bookmark & Share
Preliminary Energy Savings Analysis: 2018 IECC Residential Requirements The most recent edition, the 2018 IECC, was published in August 2017, triggering the DOE review and determination process. In response, DOE and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) conducted a Details Bookmark & Share
Building America Best Practices Series: Volume 3; Builders and Buyers Handbook for Improving New Home Efficiency, Comfort, and Durability in the Cold and Very Cold Climates The guide book is a resource to help builders large and small build high-quality, energy-efficient homes that achieve 30% energy savings in space conditioning and water heating in the cold and very co Details Bookmark & Share
Energy Savings Potential and RD&D Opportunities for Non-Vapor-Compression HVAC Technologies While vapor-compression technologies have served heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) needs very effectively, and have been the dominant HVAC technology for close to 100 years, the conven Details Bookmark & Share

Building America Best Practices Series: Volume 1; Builders and Buyers Handbook for Improving New Home Efficiency, Comfort, and Durability in the Hot and Humid Climate
This Building America Best Practices guide book is a resource to help builders large and small build high-quality, energy-efficient homes that achieve 30% energy savings in space conditioning and wate Details Bookmark & Share

Better Duct Systems for Home Heating and Cooling; Building Technologies Program (Brochure)
Duct systems used in forced-air space-conditioning systems are a vital element in home energy efficiency. How well a system works makes a big difference in the cost and the effectiveness of heating an Details Bookmark & Share

Preliminary Energy Savings Analysis: 2018 IECC Residential Requirements
The most recent edition, the 2018 IECC, was published in August 2017, triggering the DOE review and determination process. In response, DOE and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) conducted a Details Bookmark & Share

Building America Best Practices Series: Volume 3; Builders and Buyers Handbook for Improving New Home Efficiency, Comfort, and Durability in the Cold and Very Cold Climates
The guide book is a resource to help builders large and small build high-quality, energy-efficient homes that achieve 30% energy savings in space conditioning and water heating in the cold and very co Details Bookmark & Share

Energy Savings Potential and RD&D Opportunities for Non-Vapor-Compression HVAC Technologies
While vapor-compression technologies have served heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) needs very effectively, and have been the dominant HVAC technology for close to 100 years, the conven Details Bookmark & Share

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2022 Solid-State Lighting R&D Opportunities An updated edition that examines critical opportunities to positively impact energy savings, greenhouse gas emissions, human well-being, and the economy through SSL R&D. The document summarizes stakeh Details Bookmark & Share
Lighting in Senior Care Centers: Comparing Tunable LED Systems to Conventional Lighting Systems in Four Senior Care Centers This study was initiated to contribute to evidence-based practices for tunable light-emitting diode (LED) lighting upgrades in the future. The report summarizes Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Details Bookmark & Share
Initial Benchmarks of UV LEDs and Comparisons with White LEDs The primary goal of this report is to benchmark the initial level of performance of a selection of commercial UV LEDs across all three bands (i.e., UV-A, UV-B, UV-C). To provide the initial performanc Details Bookmark & Share
A Cybersecurity Threat Profile for a Connected Lighting System In this paper we analyze a threat profile performed on a fault-detection use case for streetlights. A threat profile establishes security requirements, justifies security measures, yields actionable Details Bookmark & Share
Interior Cellular Shades Boost Home Energy Performance At a fraction of the cost of window replacement, energy-efficient window attachments (e.g., interior and exterior shading, secondary glazing) offer a cost-effective and user-friendly way for consumers Details Bookmark & Share

2022 Solid-State Lighting R&D Opportunities
An updated edition that examines critical opportunities to positively impact energy savings, greenhouse gas emissions, human well-being, and the economy through SSL R&D. The document summarizes stakeh Details Bookmark & Share

Lighting in Senior Care Centers: Comparing Tunable LED Systems to Conventional Lighting Systems in Four Senior Care Centers
This study was initiated to contribute to evidence-based practices for tunable light-emitting diode (LED) lighting upgrades in the future. The report summarizes Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Details Bookmark & Share

Initial Benchmarks of UV LEDs and Comparisons with White LEDs
The primary goal of this report is to benchmark the initial level of performance of a selection of commercial UV LEDs across all three bands (i.e., UV-A, UV-B, UV-C). To provide the initial performanc Details Bookmark & Share

A Cybersecurity Threat Profile for a Connected Lighting System
In this paper we analyze a threat profile performed on a fault-detection use case for streetlights. A threat profile establishes security requirements, justifies security measures, yields actionable Details Bookmark & Share

Interior Cellular Shades Boost Home Energy Performance
At a fraction of the cost of window replacement, energy-efficient window attachments (e.g., interior and exterior shading, secondary glazing) offer a cost-effective and user-friendly way for consumers Details Bookmark & Share