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Energy savings from system efficiency improvements in Iowa's HVAC SAVE program / prepared by S. Yee [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Yee, S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ventilation--Energy conservation--Iowa.
- Ventilation.
- Buildings--Energy conservation--Iowa.
- Buildings.
- Buildings--Heating--Energy conservation--Iowa.
- Buildings--Energy conservation.
- Ventilation--Energy conservation.
- Iowa.
- Genre:
- technical reports.
- Technical reports
- Technical reports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 32 pages) : color illustrations, color map
- Other Title:
- Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning System Adjusted and Verified Efficiency program
- Place of Publication:
- Golden, CO : U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office, 2013.
- Summary:
- The objective of this project is to explore the energy savings potential of maximizing furnace and distribution system performance by adjusting operating, installation, and distribution conditions. The goal of the Iowa HVAC System Adjusted and Verified Efficiency (SAVE) program is to train contractors to measure installed system efficiency as a diagnostic tool to ensure that the homeowner achieves the energy reduction target for the home rather than simply performing a tune-up on the furnace or having a replacement furnace added to a leaky system. The PARR research team first examined baseline energy usage from a sample of 48 existing homes, before any repairs or adjustments were made, to calculate an average energy savings potential and to determine which system deficiencies were prevalent. The results of the baseline study of these homes found that, on average, about 10% of the space heating energy available from the furnace was not reaching the conditioned space. In the second part of the project, the team examined a sample of 10 homes that had completed the initial evaluation for more in-depth study. For these homes, the diagnostic data shows that it is possible to deliver up to 23% more energy from the furnace to the conditioned space by doing system tune ups with or without upgrading the furnace. Replacing the furnace provides additional energy reduction. The results support the author's belief that residential heating and cooling equipment should be tested and improved as a system rather than a collection of individual components.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 10, 2015).
- "August 2013."
- "Prepared for Building America, Building Technologies Program, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy."
- "NREL technical monitor: Stacey Rothgeb."
- Includes bibliographical references (page 26).
- "DOE/GO-102013-4164."
- OCLC:
- 921454905
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