Simplified Space Conditioning in Low-Load Homes: Results from the Fresno, California, Retrofit Unoccupied Test House

Stecher, Dave; Poerschke, Andrew

doi:10.2172/1126310

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“…In this study, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America team IBACOS built on research previously done in two new-construction unoccupied test houses-one in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Poerschke and Stecher 2014) and one in Fresno, California (Stecher and Poerschke 2013). Specific traditional central air distribution systems were installed in each of these low-load homes.…”

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“…The U.S. Department of Energy's Building America research team IBACOS has studied passive air transfer from the main space of the house to bedrooms with the doors open and the doors closed in two new-construction unoccupied test houses-one in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Poerschke and Stecher 2014), and one in Fresno, California (Stecher and Poerschke 2013). When interior doors are closed, passive air transfer grilles do not provide adequate air transfer to maintain spaces within Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) Manual RS recommendations (Rutkowski 1997).…”

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Measured Performance of a Varied Airflow Small-Diameter Duct System

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2017

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The work presented in this report does not represent performance of any product relative to regulated minimum efficiency requirements. The laboratory and/or field sites used for this work are not certified rating test facilities. The conditions and methods under which products were characterized for this work differ from standard rating conditions, as described. Because the methods and conditions differ, the reported results are not comparable to rated product performance and should only be used to estimate performance under the measured conditions. v Contents List of Figures .

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Measured Performance of a Varied Airflow Small-Diameter Duct System

Poerschke¹

2017

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“…To address these questions, IBACOS performed energy modeling and created two low-load test facilities with instrumentation to enable the testing of several experimental alternatives to traditional forced-air distribution designs. One facility is a retrofit unoccupied test house in Fresno, California (Stecher and Poerschke 2013); the other is a new construction unoccupied test house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Several systems were tested in each house.…”

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Simplified Space Conditioning in Low-Load Homes: Results from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, New Construction Unoccupied Test House

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Stecher²

2014

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“…IBACOS studied passive air transfer from the central spaces to bedrooms with doors open and doors closed in its two unoccupied test houses: one in Fresno, California (Stecher and Poerschke 2013), and one in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Poerschke and Stecher 2014). With interior partition doors open, rooms maintained a uniform temperature.…”

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“…As mentioned, IBACOS has conducted alternative HVAC system research in houses that meet the Building America 50% energy savings targets through 2012 at unoccupied test houses in Fresno, California (Stecher and Poerschke 2013), and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Poerschke and Stecher 2014). In light of that research and other past IBACOS research (IBACOS 2006a(IBACOS , 2006b(IBACOS , 2007Rittelmann 2008;Broniek 2008), as well as the research by others as cited above, IBACOS has concluded that for all but the simplest house plans, some form of conditioned air distribution to each room is required to provide occupant comfort.…”

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