Greenbuilt Retrofit Test House Final Report

Sparn, B.¹  Hudon, K.¹  Earle, L.¹  Booten, C.² 

[1]National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

[2]Nation

关键词: Revised June 2014;    residential;    Residential Buildings;    NREL;    Building America;    Retrofit;    Lab House;    Precooling;    Space Conditioning;    Heat Pump Water Heater;    Solar Water Heater;    Simulated Occupancy;    Hourly Simulations;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1221030
RP-ID  :  NREL/TP--5500-54009
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1221030
Others  :  Other: 6826

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The Greenbuilt house is a 1980's era house in the Sacramento area that was a prominent part of Sacramento Municipal Utility District's (SMUD) Energy Efficient Remodel Demonstration Program. The house underwent an extensive remodel, aimed at improving overall energy efficiency with a goal of reducing the home's energy use by 50%. NREL researchers performed a number of tests on the major systems touched by the retrofit to ensure they were working as planned. Additionally, SMUD rented the house from Greenbuilt Construction for a year to allow NREL to perform a number of tests on the cooling system and the water heating system. The goal of the space conditioning tests was to find the best ways to cut cooling loads and shift the summer peak. The water heating system, comprised of an add-on heat pump water heater and an integrated collector-storage solar water heater, was operated with a number of different draw profiles to see how varying hot water draw volume and schedule affected the performance of the system as a whole. All the experiments were performed with the house empty, with a simulated occupancy schedule running in the house to mimic the load imposed by real occupants.