Field evaluation of advances in energy-efficiency practices for manufactured homes / 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 ; prepared by E. Levy, J. Dentz, E. Ansanelli, G. Barker, P. Rath, and D. Dadia, Advanced Residential Integrated Energy Solutions (ARIES) Collaborative.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Levy, E., author.

Dentz, Jordan, author.

Ansanelli, E., author.

Barker, G., author.

Rath, P., author.

Dadia, D., author.

Contributor:

United States. Department of Energy. Building Technologies Office, issuing body.

Building America (Program : U.S.), sponsoring body.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.), sponsoring body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prefabricated houses--Energy conservation--Alabama--Russellville--Testing.

Prefabricated houses.

Prefabricated houses--Energy consumption--Alabama--Russellville--Testing.

Prefabricated houses--Thermal properties--Alabama--Russellville--Testing.

Alabama--Russellville.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 150 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office, [2016]

Summary:

Three side-by-side lab houses were built, instrumented and monitored in an effort to determine through field testing and analysis the relative contributions of select technologies toward reducing energy use in new manufactured homes. The lab houses in Russellville, Alabama compared the performance of three homes built to varying levels of thermal integrity and HVAC equipment: a baseline HUD-code home equipped with an electric furnace and a split system air conditioner; an ENERGY STAR manufactured home with an enhanced thermal envelope and traditional split system heat pump; and a house designed to qualify for Zero Energy Ready Home designation with a ductless mini-split heat pump with transfer fan distribution system in place of the traditional duct system for distribution. Experiments were conducted in the lab houses to evaluate impact on energy and comfort of interior door position, window blind position and transfer fan operation. The report describes results of tracer gas and co-heating tests and presents calculation of the heat pump coefficient of performance for both the traditional heat pump and the ductless mini-split. A series of calibrated energy models was developed based on measured data and run in three locations in the Southeast to compare annual energy usage of the three homes.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on March 31, 2016).

"NREL technical monitor: Stacey Rothgeb."

"March 2016."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 84-85).

"DOE/GO-102016-4830"--Page [151].

NREL/SR--5500-65436.

OCLC:

945738288