Role of Solar Water Heating in Multifamily Zero Energy Homes

Aldrich, Robb; Williamson, James

doi:10.2172/1247918

Title: Role of Solar Water Heating in Multifamily Zero Energy Homes

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With support from the U.S. Department of Energy Building America Program, the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB) worked with a developer in western Massachusetts to evaluate a SDHW system on a 12-unit apartment building. Olive Street Development completed construction in the spring of 2014, and CARB has been monitoring the performance of the water-heating systems since May 2014.

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Aldrich, Robb ^[1]; Williamson, James ^[1]

Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB), Norwalk, CT (United States)

Publication Date:: Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (EE-5B) (Building America)

OSTI Identifier:: 1247918

Report Number(s):: DOE/GO-102016-4825
7384

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308; KNDJ-0-40342-05

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; residential; residential buildings; building america; carb; solar water heating; multifamily; zero energy ready

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  abstractNote = {With support from the U.S. Department of Energy Building America Program, the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB) worked with a developer in western Massachusetts to evaluate a SDHW system on a 12-unit apartment building. Olive Street Development completed construction in the spring of 2014, and CARB has been monitoring the performance of the water-heating systems since May 2014.},

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