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The IBACOS research team produces numerous reports and articles based on our work with the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America program. Some key publications that resulted from this research are provided on this page, organized by project below.
Residential Energy Efficient Lighting and Misc. Electric Loads
The estimated combination of lighting, appliances, and miscellaneous electrical loads are 42% to 63% of the whole-house source-energy use for a base-case house meeting the Building America Benchmark Definition characteristics. The research of this project focuses on establishing best practices with existing technologies and identifying and resolving barriers to further advances in savings.
IBACOS Whole House Program
How do you determine the appropriate whole-house systems, integration strategies, and trade-offs to optimize a home for energy efficiency? This program works to find strategies for meeting Joule targets of energy efficiency. It also explores tools for quality control, barriers to implementation, and gaps in component technologies.
Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Risk Reduction, Barrier Reduction
To provide high performance homes to the consumer, builders require new models of how to manage their operations in all phases. This research seeks to identify the issues builders face in adopting high-performance designs and to develop the quality-control tools and processes they need for implementation.
Residential Energy Efficient Lighting and Misc. Electric Loads
"Demonstration Home Wins Federal Award in Sustainable Design." Building America. July 2004. 24 Jan. 2005.
"Efficiency Will Meet Affordability with 'Habitat' Pilot Home." Building America. August 2004. 24 Jan. 2005.
IBACOS. "Energy-Efficient Lighting Design." Professional Remodeler. August 2004.
IBACOS. KAAX-3-33410-05.C.1.1, Journal or Conference Papers: Advanced Systems Research - Lighting. Pittsburgh: IBACOS. 2004
IBACOS. KAAX-3-33-410-05.C.2, Final Report: Advanced Systems Research. Pittsburgh: IBACOS. 2004.
IBACOS. KAAX-3-33410-06.A.2. Definition of Base Case House Characteristics and Advanced System Cost/ Benefit Analysis, for Projects that target the 50-60% Total Energy Savings Level. Pittsburgh: IBACOS. 2004.
Holton, John, William Rittelman. "Base Loads (Lighting, Appliances, DHW) and the High Performance House." ASHRAE: 2002, Winter Meeting. pp 232-242. (Available from ASHRAE.)
Prahl, Duncan, Stacy Hunt. "The Green House Shows the Way." Home Energy. March/April 2003.
"Advanced Residential Lighting Design." IBACOS' Quality Home Newsletter. January 2003. p 1-2.
"Selecting Products for Performance." IBACOS' Quality Home Newsletter. January 2003. p 5.
"IBACOS Demonstration Home." IBACOS' Quality Home Newsletter. August 2003. p 1-2.
"Quality Homes in Demand at Summerset at Frick Park." IBACOS' Quality Home Newsletter. January 2004. p 1-2.
"See the Light: Why You Should Care About High Performance Lighting." IBACOS' Quality Home Newsletter. January 2004. p 5.
"Planning for Quality, Tindall Homes." IBACOS' Quality Home Newsletter. May 2004. p 1-2.
IBACOS Whole House Program
IBACOS. KAAX-3-33410-04.B.2, Expert Meeting Summary Report. Pittsburgh: IBACOS. 2004.
IBACOS. KAAX-3-33410-05.C.1.2, Journal or Conference Papers: Advanced Systems Research—Domestic Hot Water. Pittsburgh: IBACOS. 2004.
IBACOS. KAAX-3-33410-06.A.3, Performance Evaluations of Prototype Houses: Minimum 40% Savings Level. Pittsburgh: IBACOS. 2004.
Prahl, Duncan, Stacy Hunt. "The Green House Shows the Way." Home Energy. March/April 2003.
Rittlemann, Bill. "Effects of Return Air Inlet Locations on Cooling Season Thermal Comfort in an Energy Efficient Home." Submitted to ASHRAE for peer review in September 2004.
Activity in this project covers many topics over several years. For a complete list of significant publications, please view the project's bibliography.
Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Risk Reduction, Barrier Reduction
BuildIQ. "Training Pays." Giants. April 2004.
BuildIQ. "Risk Management Starts and Ends with Quality." Giants. August 2004.
BuildIQ. "Building Faster, Building Better." Giants. October 2004.
Hunt, Stacy. "Quality Products Don't Always Equate to Quality Homes."Professional Builder NAHB Product Showcase. January 2003.
IBACOS. "The Mad Scientist." IBACOS' Quality Home Newsletter. January 2004. p 11.
"Growing Your Top and Bottom Lines." Giants. February 2004.
IBACOS. KAR-8-18608-13.A.2, Community Scale Building System Test and Evaluation Results. Pittsburgh: IBACOS. October 2001.
IBACOS. KAR-8-18608-17.A.4, Results from Community Scale Efforts. Pittsburgh: IBACOS. December 2002.
IBACOS. KAR-3-33410-03.C.1, Community Scale Evaluation Plan. Pittsburgh: IBACOS. August 2003.
IBACOS. KAR-3-33410-03.C.2, Community Scale Evaluation Results. Pittsburgh: IBACOS. December 2003.
IBACOS. KAR-3-33410-06.B.1, Community Process Plan. Pittsburgh: IBACOS. February 2004.
IBACOS. KAR-3-33410-06.B.2, Community Scale Process Research Results. Pittsburgh: IBACOS. October 2004.
Kent, Jennifer. "Hiring and Retaining Employees." Giants. December 2004.
Prahl, Duncan. "Development of Advanced Rater and Trade Contractor Networks." Presented: 2004 RESNET Conference, San Diego, March 2004. 2004 Affordable Comfort Conference, Minneapolis, April 2004. 2004 EEBA Building Solutions Conference, Dallas, October 2004.
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