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Internal roof and attic thermal radiation control retrofit strategies for cooling-dominated climates / prepared by A. Fallahi [and five others] ; 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.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Fallahi, Ali, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dwellings--Insulation.
- Dwellings.
- Reflective materials--Thermal properties.
- Reflective materials.
- Insulation (Heat)--Thermal properties--Testing.
- Insulation (Heat).
- Architecture and energy conservation.
- energy efficient buildings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 62 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
- Place of Publication:
- Golden, CO : U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office, 2013.
- Summary:
- This project evaluates the cooling energy savings and cost effectiveness of radiation control retrofit strategies for residential attics in U.S. cooling-dominated climates. Usually, in residential applications, radiation control retrofit strategies are applied below the roof deck or on top of the attic floor insulation. They offer an alternative option to the addition of conventional bulk insulation such as fiberglass or cellulose insulation. Radiation control is a potentially low-cost energy efficiency retrofit strategy that does not require significant changes to existing homes. In this project, two groups of low-cost radiation control strategies were evaluated for southern U.S. applications. One uses a radiant barrier composed of two aluminum foils combined with an enclosed reflective air space and the second uses spray-applied interior radiation control coatings (IRCC).
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed on May 16, 2014).
- "December 2013."
- "NREL technical monitor: Chuck Booten."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-61).
- "DOE/GO-102013-3943"--Page [63].
- OCLC:
- 879891536
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