Comfort and HVAC performance for a new construction occupied test house in Roseville, California / prepared by A. Burdick, IBACOS, Inc.

Author/creator Burdick, Arlan author.
Format Electronic
PublicationGolden, CO : U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office, 2013.
Description1 online resource (29 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations
Supplemental Contenthttps://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo63899
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Other author/creatorUnited States. Department of Energy. Office of Building Technologies, issuing body.
Other author/creatorNational Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.) sponsoring body.
Other author/creatorBuilding America (Program : U.S.), sponsoring body.
Other author/creatorIBACOS, Inc.
Summary K. Hovnanian(R) Homes(R) constructed a 2,253-ft2 single-story slab-on-grade ranch house for an occupied test house (new construction) in Roseville, California. One year of monitoring and analysis focused on the effectiveness of the space conditioning system at maintaining acceptable temperature and relative humidity levels in several rooms of the home, as well as room-to-room differences and the actual measured energy consumption by the space conditioning system. In this home, the air handler unit (AHU) and ducts were relocated to inside the thermal boundary. The AHU was relocated from the attic to a mechanical closet, and the ductwork was located inside an insulated and air-sealed bulkhead in the attic. To describe the performance and comfort in the home, the research team selected representative design days and extreme days from the annual data for analysis. To ensure that temperature differences were within reasonable occupant expectations, the team followed Air Conditioning Contractors of America guidance. At the end of the monitoring period, the occupant of the home had no comfort complaints in the home. Any variance between the modeled heating and cooling energy and the actual amounts used can be attributed to the variance in temperatures at the thermostat versus the modeled inputs.
General note"October 2013."
General note"Prepared for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America Program, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy."
General note"NREL technical monitor: Michael Gestwick."
General note"DOE/GO-102013-4021."--Page [29].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (page 20).
Funding informationPrepared under subcontract no. KNDJ-0-40341-03
Funding informationDE-AC36-08GO28308
Source of descriptionTitle from title screen (viewed on Apr. 15, 2014).
Technical rpt numberDOE/GO-102013-4021
GPO item number0429-A-90 (online)
Govt. docs number E 1.177:DOE/GO-102013-4021

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