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FSEC Chosen for DOE 5-Year Contract for Building
America and Energy Plus
The United States Department of Energy announced that
FSEC led teams were selected from a highly competitive
competition to serve as contractors on two key areas
to help reduce energy use in buildings. FSEC's Building
America team, led by Dr. Subrato Chandra, will strive
for 30% to 50% whole-house energy
savings for production, manufactured and site-built housing.
FSEC's Energy Plus team, led by Don Shirey, will
direct a multi-agency effort to improve building modeling
capabilities in DOE's premier simulation program,
Energy Plus.
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International Builders Show
BAIHP partner Palm
Harbor Homes teamed up with a multitude of product
sponsors to manufacture three show homes that were
displayed at the 2006 International Builders Show. These profiles
highlight the homes’ energy efficiency and
green attributes.
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Unbalanced Return Air in Commercial Buildings
Research in 88 central Florida commercial buildings
during the last decade has found that 26% of the air
distribution systems had substantially unbalanced return
air. This
paper examines this problem and its consequences
in three commercial buildings, and explains why balancing
air flow in buildings is a critical part of maintaining
a healthy and energy efficient building.
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Unbalanced Return Air in
Residences:
Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
Field research performed in 70 central
Florida homes found that return grills are almost always located
in the central zone of the house, and that individual
rooms rarely have ducted return air or return transfer
pathways. These pressures and increased infiltration
rates impact indoor air quality, indoor relative humidity,
energy use, peak electrical demand, comfort, and system
sizing.
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Evaluating Green
Roof Energy Performance
Initial results are in for a Florida green roof project. Summer
monitoring results show a central Florida university
green roof to have significantly lower maximum roof surface
temperatures and reduced heat flux compared with an adjacent
light colored conventional roof.
Article from ASHRAE
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FSEC Helps Bring 15th Hot Humid
Symposium to Florida
The fifteenth Symposium on Improving Building Systems
in Hot Humid Climates will be held in Florida for the
first time, July 24-26, 2006.
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2006 Workshop Schedule
40 classes are offered in the 2006 workshop schedule
for building professionals and trades.
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