Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Constructions Award Number: DE-EE0007056 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.1, B3.6 Building Technologies Office Date: 06/24/2015 Location(s): FL Office(s): Golden Field Office
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June 24, 2015
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Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Constructions
Award Number: DE-EE0007056
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.1, B3.6
Building Technologies Office
Date: 06/24/2015
Location(s): FL
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to University of Central Florida (UCF) to develop a better understanding of two innovative system solutions and support their adoption into building codes and standards through lab and field research, including: high efficiency, variable capacity, ducted and ductless space conditioning systems with optimized comfort distribution and latent control; and “smart” ventilation systems aimed at saving space conditioning energy use while improving comfort, moisture and peak load impacts.
Proposed project activities include installing a commercially-available space conditioning system (HVAC) at a laboratory experimental facility (unoccupied test home); designing and installing an advanced ventilation system in the test home; collecting data on the performance and installation costs of air conditioning systems and ventilation equipment in residential applications; installing commercially-available, ductless space conditioning in two occupied test homes; installing a commercially-available, state-of-the-art, "smart" ventilation system in three occupied test homes; collecting performance and cost data from the five occupied test homes; and performing intellectual, academic and analytical activities.