Achieving Affordable Zero Energy via Zero Energy Ready Homes Award Number: DE-EE0007138 CX(s) Applied: A9, A11 Building Technologies Office Date: 7/12/2016 Location(s): MN Office(s): Golden Field Office
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July 20, 2016
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Achieving Affordable Zero Energy via Zero Energy Ready Homes
Award Number: DE-EE0007568
CX(s) Applied: A9, A11
Building Technologies Office
Date: 7/12/2016
Location(s): MN
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to the University of Minnesota (UMn) to validate an innovative moisture-managed wall panel system by measuring cost, performance, constructability and market delivery in 23 test homes in Minneapolis, MN and Denver, CO.
Activities associated with the proposed project would include providing support to the Building America Program, literature review and information gathering, data analysis, computer modeling, and analytical reviews, conceptual home design and feasibility studies, document preparation and data dissemination, as well as providing on-site training to existing housing developers. In addition, these homes would undergo post-construction evaluations and monitoring to validate cost, constructability, quality control, and overall systems performance (energy, moisture, indoor air quality). All analytical activities would be completed by UMn on campus in St. Paul, MN. No change in the use, mission or operation of this existing facility would arise out of this effort and no physical materials beyond basic office supplies and software would be utilized.