ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings
* Even years, beginning in 1980, are ACEEE's Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
* Odd years, beginning in 1995, are ACEEE's Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry.Browse ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings
1998 ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings PaperPanel 1, Paper 1
James R. Brodrick, D & R International; Robert A. Zogg, Deborah L. Alberino, Arthur D. Little, Inc.• • •
Miscellaneous end uses (an energy-consumption category in the residential sector) has recently emerged with more importance than ever before. Miscellaneous end uses are a collection of numerous end uses (often unrelated in technology or market characteristics) that individually are small...1998 ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings PaperPanel 1, Paper 2
Terry Chapp, Mark Voss, Modine Manufacturing Company; Charlie Stephens, Oregon Energy Office• • •
The Air Conditioning Industry has made tremendous strides in improvements to the energy efficiency and reliability of its product offerings over the past 40 years. These improvement can be attributed to enhancements of components, optimization of the energy cycle, and modernized and refined...1998 ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings PaperPanel 1, Paper 3
Fred Coito, Geof Syphers, Xenergy Inc.; Alex Lekov, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Valerie Richardson, Pacific Gas and Electric Company• • •
An impact evaluation was recently completed for PG&E's residential new construction program. Key measures in this program included high efficiency central air conditioners and enhanced duct installations. To evaluate this program, over 300 comprehensive building surveys were conducted,...1998 ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings PaperPanel 1, Paper 4
Tav R. Commins, Nehemiah I. Stone, California Energy Commission• • •
Since the late 1800's, houses have been built of straw. Contrary to nursery rhymes, these houses have proved sturdy and comfortable and not at all easy to blow down. In the last several years, as people have experimented with new and old building materials and looked for ways to halt rice...1998 ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings PaperPanel 1, Paper 5
Bruce. E. Davis, Advanced Energy Corporation• • •
It is becoming more common for residential structures in the hot and humid Southeast to have mechanical ventilation systems. Of particular interest is the heat recovery or energy recovery balanced ventilation equipment. In this climate, the fust issue that must be addressed after one has decided...1998 ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings PaperPanel 1, Paper 6
Lance E. Elberling, Grant J. Brohard, Merwin L. Brown, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Ralph Cavanagh, Natural Resources Defense Council; George R. Hernandez, Bentley Engineering Company; Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute; Arthur H....• • •
In 1990, a large utility initiated a Research & Development project entitled the Advanced Customer Technology Test for Maximum Energy Efficiency (ACT2) to determine the maximum energy savings achievable in a utility customers’ facility using an integrated design approach. The hypothesis...1998 ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings PaperPanel 1, Paper 7
Sara Farrar, Ed Hancock, Ren Anderson, National Renewable Energy Laboratory• • •
To evaluate opportunities for reducing cooling energy use in a hot dry climate, two new production houses located near Phoenix, Arizona, were studied: 1) a control home built with standard construction and 2) a prototype home with an integrated package of energy-saving features. The prototype1998 ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings PaperPanel 1, Paper 8
David B. Floyd, Florida Solar Energy Center; Carrie Webber, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory• • •
Leaking electricity or 'parasitic load' is energy wasted by electronic devices when they are not performing any useful function, typically in an 'off' or 'standby' state. Before this study, little was known about the magnitude or source of this waste. While whole house...1998 ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings PaperPanel 1, Paper 9
Paul W. Francisco, Larry Palmiter, Bob Davis, Ecotope, Inc.• • •
Distribution efficiency was measured using a short-tern coheating technique before and after aggressive air sealing retrofits in six Pacific Northwest homes heated with gas furnaces. These houses were selected to have a large amount of air lost from the supply side of the duct system to outdoors....1998 ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings PaperPanel 1, Paper 10
Jeff Haberl, Texas A & M University; Tarek Bou-Saada, Houston Light & Power; Agami Reddy, Drexel University; Veronica Soebarto, University of Adelaide, Australia• • •
This paper describes a project where energy conservation measures in two identical Habitat for Humanity houses in Houston, Texas were evaluated using side-by-side measurements (i.e., one with the energy conservation measures, one without) and calibrated simulations, The measures include shell...