Reports

As a Building America team, IBACOS delivers monthly, quarterly, and annual status reports to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Check out these reports and more below.

1. Best Practices® and Quality Issues in Residential Stucco Application
   In the Western U.S., three-coat and one-coat stucco are the dominant exterior finishes for residential construction. Still, stucco is present in almost every market. While the use of stucco is widespread, it has performed poorly in recent years due to the improper execution of key details. This paper closely examines what has been learned from extensive on-site inspections and lab tests of both durable and failed stucco systems.
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2. Building America Status Report, March 2010
   Status reports summarize the progress Building America Teams made during a particular month or quarter. During March 2010, highlights of IBACOS' work include detailed modeling to examine the repercussions of using under-slab insulation in a hot-dry climate, monitoring of two completed prototype houses with a builder in Georgia, a visit to a California builder to inspect the progress on its prototype house, and work with a Delaware builder on developing standard construction details for bulk water management on roof assemblies.
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3. Building America Status Report, February 2010
   Status reports summarize the progress Building America Teams made during a particular month or quarter. IBACOS' highlights from February 2010 include a detailed modeling study of how different wall and window assemblies affect comfort conditions and energy usage, documentation of key findings from an insulation mock-up, an evaluation of the constructability and durability of a 4" thick Exterior Insulation and Finish System (EIFS), and quality management coaching for a high performance builder in California.
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4. Building America Status Report, January 2010
   Status reports summarize the progress Building America Teams made during a particular month or quarter. IBACOS' highlights from January 2010 include field tests at The New American Home® 2009 and 2008, mock-up research regarding an exterior door installation, sprayed-in fiberglass insulation evaluations, and work with builders on high performance prototype houses.
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5. High Performance Scopes of Work
   Integrating higher performance into builders' operations is a multi-faceted process. One aspect includes integrating higher performance requirements and activities into builders' scopes of work to enable them to communicate what the trades need to do to achieve the builders' overall goal of a high performance home. This report represents a first step in documenting the trade activities needed to achieve the high performance aspects of Building America homes into a scope of work program for builders.
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6. Advanced Systems Research 2009 Annual Report
   This 2009 annual report summarizes IBACOS' ongoing evaluation of advanced system opportunities related to four main areas of focus: thermal enclosures; HVAC; domestic hot water (DHW); and lighting, appliances, and miscellaneous electric loads (LAMEL).
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7. Final Status Report on Energy Monitoring, New Residential Green Building Code, and Technical Support for Energy-Efficient Rebuilding of Greensburg, Kansas
   In July 2007, IBACOS began to assist the community of Greensburg and Kiowa County, Kansas by providing technical support to residents and builders on cost-effective, affordable, high performance, energy-efficient building strategies that have been proven through research conducted under the Building America program. This status report discusses IBACOS’ work activities in Greensburg, including the work completed on the recommended code package to the City, the contributions to the Greensburg Green Building Database, and the monitoring of two energy-efficient homes constructed by the Mennonite Housing Group.
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8. Building America Status Report, November 2009
   Status reports summarize the progress Building America Teams made during a particular month or quarter. Highlights of IBACOS' efforts in November 2009 include modeling work to determine the moisture conditions that result from insulating a foundation wall, an evaluation of an exterior door installation via a mock-up in IBACOS' facility, research on an appropriate solar water heating system for one builder's prototype house, and a study of the effect of a ground source heat pump desuperheater on hot water energy consumption.
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9. Building America Status Report, October 2009
   Status reports summarize the progress Building America Teams made during a particular month or quarter.
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10. Building America Status Report, July - September 2009
    Status reports summarize the progress Building America Teams made during a particular month or quarter.
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11. Building America Status Report, August 2009
    Status reports summarize the progress Building America Teams made during a particular month or quarter.
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12. Building America Status Report, July 2009
    Status reports summarize the progress Building America Teams made during a particular month or quarter.
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13. Building America Annual Status Report, 2008
    An annual status report summarizes the progress Building America Teams made during a particular year in areas like advanced systems research, prototype house work, and community-scale evaluations.
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14. Integrated Design Process Flow Chart
    This generic integrated design flow chart shows the various parties and their interactions during the design of a new home, from the time a builder recognizes the need for a new home design to completion of the construction documents.
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