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Air Distribution Retrofit Strategies for Affordable Housing In multifamily and attached buildings, traditional duct sealing methods are often impractical or costly and disruptive because of the difficulty in accessing leakage sites. In this project, two retrof Details Bookmark & Share
Moisture Performance of High-R Wall Systems High-performance homes offer improved comfort, lower utility bills, and assured durability. The next generation of building enclosures is a key step toward achieving high-performance goals through dec Details Bookmark & Share
Advanced Envelope Research for Factory Built Housing, Phase 3—Whole-House Prototyping The Advanced Envelope Research effort will provide factory homebuilders with high performance, cost-effective envelope designs that can be effectively integrated into the plant production process whil Details Bookmark & Share
Comfort in High-Performance Homes in a Hot-Humid Climate IBACOS monitored 37 homes during the late summer and early fall of 2014 in a hot and humid climate to better understand indoor comfort conditions. These homes were constructed in the last several yea Details Bookmark & Share
Modular Zero Energy: BrightBuilt Home With funding from the Building America Program, part of the U.S. Department of Energy Building Technologies Office, the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB) worked with BrightBuilt Hom Details Bookmark & Share

Air Distribution Retrofit Strategies for Affordable Housing
In multifamily and attached buildings, traditional duct sealing methods are often impractical or costly and disruptive because of the difficulty in accessing leakage sites. In this project, two retrof Details Bookmark & Share

Moisture Performance of High-R Wall Systems
High-performance homes offer improved comfort, lower utility bills, and assured durability. The next generation of building enclosures is a key step toward achieving high-performance goals through dec Details Bookmark & Share

Advanced Envelope Research for Factory Built Housing, Phase 3—Whole-House Prototyping
The Advanced Envelope Research effort will provide factory homebuilders with high performance, cost-effective envelope designs that can be effectively integrated into the plant production process whil Details Bookmark & Share

Comfort in High-Performance Homes in a Hot-Humid Climate
IBACOS monitored 37 homes during the late summer and early fall of 2014 in a hot and humid climate to better understand indoor comfort conditions. These homes were constructed in the last several yea Details Bookmark & Share

Modular Zero Energy: BrightBuilt Home
With funding from the Building America Program, part of the U.S. Department of Energy Building Technologies Office, the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB) worked with BrightBuilt Hom Details Bookmark & Share

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DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Case Study HIA 2016: Thrive Home Builders, Hyland Village, Denver, CO Case study of a DOE 2016 Housing Innovation Award winning production home in a cold climate that got a HERS 28 with PV, with 2x4 double-wall framing, an insulated basement, an R-50 vented attic, a cen Details Bookmark & Share
DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Case Study HIA 2016: TC Legend Homes, 19th Ave., Bellingham, WA Case study of a DOE 2016 Housing Innovation Award winning custom home in a marine climate that got a HERS -2 with PV, with SIPs taped at all exterior joints, an ICF foundation walls, and an air-to-wat Details Bookmark & Share
DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Case Study HIA 2016: Sunroc Homes, Morton Road, Lakeland, FL Case study of a DOE 2016 Housing Innovation Award winning affordable home in a hot humid climate that got a HERS 48 without PV, with foam-filled concrete block walls with exterior rigid foam, a vented Details Bookmark & Share
DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Case Study HIA 2016: Revival Homes, Perkins Road, New Hartford, CT Case study of a DOE 2016 Housing Innovation Award winning affordable home in a cold climate that got a HERS -12 with PV, with pre-cast concrete wall panels with exterior rigid foam, a SIPs attic, and Details Bookmark & Share
DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Case Study HIA 2016: PepperTree Homes, Mad River Glen House, Waitsfield, VT Case study of a DOE 2016 Housing Innovation Award winning custom home in a cold climate that got a HERS 18 with PV, with graphite enhanced SIPs walls and roof, ICF foundation, passive design, radiant Details Bookmark & Share

DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Case Study HIA 2016: Thrive Home Builders, Hyland Village, Denver, CO
Case study of a DOE 2016 Housing Innovation Award winning production home in a cold climate that got a HERS 28 with PV, with 2x4 double-wall framing, an insulated basement, an R-50 vented attic, a cen Details Bookmark & Share

DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Case Study HIA 2016: TC Legend Homes, 19th Ave., Bellingham, WA
Case study of a DOE 2016 Housing Innovation Award winning custom home in a marine climate that got a HERS -2 with PV, with SIPs taped at all exterior joints, an ICF foundation walls, and an air-to-wat Details Bookmark & Share

DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Case Study HIA 2016: Sunroc Homes, Morton Road, Lakeland, FL
Case study of a DOE 2016 Housing Innovation Award winning affordable home in a hot humid climate that got a HERS 48 without PV, with foam-filled concrete block walls with exterior rigid foam, a vented Details Bookmark & Share

DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Case Study HIA 2016: Revival Homes, Perkins Road, New Hartford, CT
Case study of a DOE 2016 Housing Innovation Award winning affordable home in a cold climate that got a HERS -12 with PV, with pre-cast concrete wall panels with exterior rigid foam, a SIPs attic, and Details Bookmark & Share

DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Case Study HIA 2016: PepperTree Homes, Mad River Glen House, Waitsfield, VT
Case study of a DOE 2016 Housing Innovation Award winning custom home in a cold climate that got a HERS 18 with PV, with graphite enhanced SIPs walls and roof, ICF foundation, passive design, radiant Details Bookmark & Share