Design software to help homeowners and designers evaluate the energy use of residential buildings.
PM: Martha Brook
Residential showcase project, 11 homes, and commissioning. Production quality control problems created field installation problems for the project.
The first phase of an evaporative cooler technology evaluation project conducted 2003 tested the performance of advanced evaporative coolers (AECs) that used 8 inch thick rigid media. The results...
The BreezeAir single-stage advanced evaporative cooler is an Australian product that has recently been introduced into the U.S. market. This product differs from U.S. advanced technology in that it...
Develop and demonstrate a hydronic mechanical ventilation cooling and heating technology (NightBreeze) for residential buildings. The system integrates an economiser with a variable-speed fan coil unit and is controlled by...
Develop and evaluate house designs capable of providing comfort in California transition climates, without the use of conventional compressor-based cooling.
Project Manager: Randel Riedel
The AquaChill is a residential water-cooled air conditioning system. During the summer of 2008, thirty prototype AquaChill units were installed and monitored to determine the potential peak load reduction and...
Design and evaluate a system for recovering heat from attics in HfH and manufactured houses, in order to use it for domestic water heating. Project work on manufactured home has...
Compare relative effectiveness and costs of several passive methods for ventilating or reducing heat loads in attics of HfH and manufactured housing, in order to reduce space conditioning loads and...
Pilot project trained HVAC technicians in the Coachella Valley (CTZ 15) to test and repair ducts. Conducted extensive pilots for both existing and new construction in the Coachella Valley in...