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The E3 Initiative The Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office is developing a national initiative focused on efficient and clean heating and cooling systems in residential and commercial buildings, making Details Bookmark & Share
Field Performance of Inverter-Driven Heat Pumps in Cold Climates CARB observed a wide range of operating efficiencies and outputs from site to site. Maximum capacities were found to be generally in line with manufacturer's claims as outdoor temperatures fell to -10 Details Bookmark & Share
Duct Insulation and Sealing Requirements in Commercial Buildings - Code Notes Duct insulation and sealing, especially insulated supply ducts delivering conditioned air within a building, save energy. The intent of energy-efficiency codes, as related to duct insulation and seali Details Bookmark & Share
Phased Retrofits in Existing Homes in Florida Phase II: Shallow Plus Retrofits The BAPIRC team and Florida Power and Light (FPL) electric utility pursued a pilot phased energy-efficiency retrofit program in Florida by creating detailed data on the energy and economic performance Details Bookmark & Share
Crawlspace Insulation Fact sheet for homeowners and contractors on how to manage moisture in the crawlspace, insulate crawlspace walls, insulate underflooring, handle ventilation, and manage radon. Details Bookmark & Share

The E3 Initiative
The Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office is developing a national initiative focused on efficient and clean heating and cooling systems in residential and commercial buildings, making Details Bookmark & Share

Field Performance of Inverter-Driven Heat Pumps in Cold Climates
CARB observed a wide range of operating efficiencies and outputs from site to site. Maximum capacities were found to be generally in line with manufacturer's claims as outdoor temperatures fell to -10 Details Bookmark & Share

Duct Insulation and Sealing Requirements in Commercial Buildings - Code Notes
Duct insulation and sealing, especially insulated supply ducts delivering conditioned air within a building, save energy. The intent of energy-efficiency codes, as related to duct insulation and seali Details Bookmark & Share

Phased Retrofits in Existing Homes in Florida Phase II: Shallow Plus Retrofits
The BAPIRC team and Florida Power and Light (FPL) electric utility pursued a pilot phased energy-efficiency retrofit program in Florida by creating detailed data on the energy and economic performance Details Bookmark & Share

Crawlspace Insulation
Fact sheet for homeowners and contractors on how to manage moisture in the crawlspace, insulate crawlspace walls, insulate underflooring, handle ventilation, and manage radon. Details Bookmark & Share

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The E3 Initiative The Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office is developing a national initiative focused on efficient and clean heating and cooling systems in residential and commercial buildings, making 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

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