Integrated Design: A High Performance Solution for Affordable Housing Award Number: DE-EE0007055 CX(s) Applied: A9, A11, B3.1, B5.1 Building Technologies Office Date: 06/22/2015 Location(s): NY Office(s): Golden Field Office
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June 22, 2015
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Integrated Design: A High Performance Solution for Affordable Housing
Award Number: DE-EE0007055
CX(s) Applied: A9, A11, B3.1, B5.1
Building Technologies Office
Date: 06/22/2015
Location(s): NY
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to The Levy Partnership, Inc. to provide a fundamentally new method of residential building design based on a systematic approach to combining envelope components with the HVAC system so that the whole system routinely achieves levels of energy use 50% less than 2009 IECC requirements.
Proposed project activities include development and testing of computer simulations (energy models); construction of an unoccupied test home; installation of energy-efficient building envelope components and HVAC equipment in the unoccupied test home; installation of energy-efficient building envelope components and HVAC equipment in three occupied homes; conducting energy efficiency tests and monitoring home operation in all four homes using sensors and data loggers; and developing associated publications. Project administration, analysis, design, computer modeling, reporting, and project coordination activities would occur at The Levy Partnership, Inc. offices in New York, NY and at the Mountain Energy Partnership offices in Longmont, CO.