AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Community-Scale Attic Retrofit and Home Energy Upgrade Data Mining - Hot Dry Climate

Retrofitting is an essential element of any comprehensive strategy for improving residential energy efficiency. The residential retrofit market is still developing, and program managers must develop innovative strategies to increase uptake and promote economies of scale. Residential retrofitting remains a challenging proposition to sell to homeowners, because awareness levels are low and financial incentives are lacking.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Building America research team, Alliance for Residential Building Innovation (ARBI), implemented a project to increase residential retrofits in Davis, California. The project used a neighborhood-focused strategy for implementation and a low-cost retrofit program that focused on upgraded attic insulation and duct sealing. ARBI worked with a community partner, the not-for-profit Cool Davis Initiative, as well as selected area contractors to implement a strategy that sought to capitalize on the strong local expertise of partners and the unique aspects of the Davis, California, community. Working with community partners also allowed ARBI to collect and analyze data about effective messaging tactics for community-based retrofit programs.

ARBI expected this project, called Retrofit Your Attic, to achieve higher uptake than other retrofit projects, because it emphasized a low-cost, one-measure retrofit program. However, this was not the case. The program used a strategy that focused on attics-including air sealing, duct sealing, and attic insulation-as a low-cost entry for homeowners to complete home retrofits. The price was kept below $4,000 after incentives; both contractors in the program offered the same price. The program completed only five retrofits. Interestingly, none of those homeowners used the one-measure strategy. All five homeowners were concerned about cost, comfort, and energy savings and included additional measures in their retrofits. The low-cost, one-measure strategy did not increase the uptake among homeowners, even in a well-educated, affluent community such as Davis.

This project has two primary components. One is to complete attic retrofits on a community scale in the hot-dry climate on Davis, CA. Sufficient data will be collected on these projects to include them in the BAFDR. Additionally, ARBI is working with contractors to obtain building and utility data from a large set of retrofit projects in CA (hot-dry). These projects are to be uploaded into the BAFDR.

Tags: affordable-housing, attic-insulation, building-america, buildingamerica, community, cost-effectiveness, hot-dry, residential, retrofit
Organization: Department of Energy
Control Strategies to Reduce the Energy Consumption of Central Domestic Hot Water Systems

Domestic hot water (DHW) is the second-largest energy end use in U.S. buildings; it is exceeded only by space conditioning.  In this study, the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America research team Advanced Research Integrated Energy Solutions installed and tested two types of recirculation controls in a pair of buildings to evaluate their energy savings potential. Demand control, temperature modulation (TM) controls, and their simultaneous operation were compared to the baseline case of constant recirculation.

Tags: building-america, buildingamerica, cold, cost-effectiveness, demand-control, domestic-hot-water-systems, existing-home, mixed-humid, multifamily, recirculation-control-system, residential, small-multifamily, temperature-modulation
Organization: Department of Energy
NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Schweingruber - High Stone Lake - PCGL - ITRDB CANA041

This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Tree Ring. The data include parameters of tree ring with a geographic location of Ontario, Canada. The time period coverage is from 137 to -38 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.

Tags: biological records, canada, climate indicators, continent, density, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, earth science, high stone lake, land records, latitude 50.4, longitude -91.45, material: null, national centers for environmental information, nesdis, noaa, north america, ontario, paleoclimate, paleoclimate indicators, pcgl, picea glauca (moench) voss, tree ring, tree rings, tree-ring, u.s. department of commerce, what: age, what: earlywood density, what: earlywood width, what: latewood density, what: latewood width, what: maximum density, what: minimum density, what: number of samples, what: total ring width, what: tree ring standardized growth index, white spruce, width
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
DOE Challenge Home Multifamily Development - Mixed Climate

The U.S. Department of Energys Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) recognition program builds upon the building science requirements of ENERGY STAR Certified Homes, Version 3 and best practices tested by the Building America research and demonstration program. Multifamily units (units in buildings with five or more apartments) comprise an increasingly important segment in the U.S. new housing market. Over the past 30 years, this segment has averaged 24% of residential building permits and since the recession in 2008 averages 34% of new residential building permits. This study analyses two multifamily homes, one townhouse and one apartment. The study looks to improve the efficiency of these homes to meet ENERGY STAR standards.

Apartment - 2 bedroom apartment unit
Townhome - 3 bedroom townhome unit

Tags: beopt, building-america, buildingamerica, cost-analysis, domestic-hot-water-distribution-efficiency, duct-systems, energy-star, equipment-sizing, hvac, insulation, mixed-dry, multifamily, residential, single-family-attached, zero-energy-ready-home
Organization: Department of Energy
EcoVillage: A Net Zero Energy Ready Community - Ithaca Crawlspace

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Building America team, Consortium for Residential Buildings (CARB), is working with the EcoVillage cohousing community in Ithaca, New York, on the Third Residential EcoVillage Experience neighborhood. This community-scale project consists of 40 housing units-15 apartments and 25 single-family residences. Units range in size from 450 ft2 to 1,664 ft2 and cost from $80,000 for a studio apartment to $235,000 for a three- or four-bedroom single-family home.

The community is pursuing certifications for DOE Zero Energy Ready Home, U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold, and ENERGY STAR for the entire project. Additionally, seven of the 25 homes, along with the four-story apartment building and community center, are being constructed to the Passive House (PH) design standard.

Tags: building-america, buildingamerica, cold, community, design-heat-load, double-walls, duct-systems, large-multifamily, leed-gold, low-load, manual-j8, mixed-humid, passive-house, residential, single-family-detached, small-multifamily, superinsulation, zero-energy-ready-home
Organization: Department of Energy
NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Schweingruber - Lac Romanel (Feucht) - PCMA - ITRDB CANA062

This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Tree Ring. The data include parameters of tree ring with a geographic location of Quebec, Canada. The time period coverage is from 291 to -38 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.

Tags: & poggenb., biological records, black spruce, canada, climate indicators, continent, density, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, earth science, lac romanel (feucht), land records, latitude 56.23, longitude -67.72, material: null, national centers for environmental information, nesdis, noaa, north america, paleoclimate, paleoclimate indicators, pcma, picea mariana (mill.) britton, quebec, sterns, tree ring, tree rings, tree-ring, u.s. department of commerce, what: age, what: earlywood density, what: earlywood width, what: latewood density, what: latewood width, what: maximum density, what: minimum density, what: number of samples, what: total ring width, what: tree ring standardized growth index, width
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Modeled Performance of the Hathaway Solar Patriot house - Washington D.C

This Dataset contains field research raw data, analysis spreadsheet, photos, and final report from the Hathaway Solar Patriot House Building America Case Study project.

This dataset details the monitored and modeled performance of a solar home outside of Washington, D.C. We modeled the home energy performance using DOE 2.2, performed numerous short-terms tests on the home, and monitored its occupied performance for 29 months. The home used modular construction, solar water heating, a ground-coupled heat pump, efficient appliances, and compact fluorescent lighting to reduce its energy consumption by 35% compared to the Building America research benchmark home. The addition of 6kW of photovoltaics (PV) increased the savings to 67% compared to the Building America research benchmark. A more efficient shell to reduce space conditioning loads would have brought the home closer to its zero energy goals. However, even with efficient lighting and appliances, the lights, appliance and plug loads were a significant energy consumer. About 4 kW of PV was required to meet the needs of these loads alone. To achieve the zero energy goal with no further efficiency increases, the Hathaway house would need about 2.6 kW of PV in addition to the 6.0 kW it now has. Applying advanced efficiency measures available or being developed, such as heat-recovery ventilation, superinsulation, and electrochromic windows, could reduce the heating, cooling, and domestic hot water (DHW) energy use to less than 1700 kWh per year, an 88% reduction in these loads from the Building America Benchmark. At this efficiency level, the appliance and plug loads come to dominate energy consumption and account for nearly 70% of the total energy use. This analysis points out that even with highly effective energy-savings technologies (pushed beyond levels currently practical), whole-house energy use reduction by efficiency measures is only about 60% without also reducing the energy use of appliances and plug loads largely considered outside the designers jurisdiction.

Tags: building-america, buildingamerica, compact-fluorescent-lighting, existing-home, geothermal-heat-pump, mixed-humid, modular, photovoltaic-system, plug-loads, residential, single-family-detached, solar-home, whole-home
Organization: Department of Energy
Advancing Replicable Solutions for High-Performance Homes in the Southeast - JMC - Patrick Square

The work presented in this report advances the goals of the U.S. Department of Energy Building America program by improving the energy peformance of affordable and market-rate housing. Southface Energy Institute (Southface), part of the U.S. Department of Energy Building America research team Partnership for Home Innovation, worked with owners and builders with various market constraints and ultimate goals for three projects in three climate zones (CZs): Savannah Gardens in Savannah, Georgia (CZ 2); JMC Patrick Square in Clemson, South Carolina (CZ 3); and LaFayette in LaFayette, Georgia (CZ 4). This report documents the design process, computational energy modeling, construction, envelope performance metrics, long-term monitoring results, and successes and failures of the design and execution of these highperformance homes.
The JMC Patrick Square project is a single floor with 1,828 ft2 of conditioned living space, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached two-car garage. This small-scale production builder wanted to increase its level of energy efficiency beyond its current green building practices, including bringing ducts into conditioned space. The team met this goal through a combination of upgrade measures and achieved many Zero Energy Ready Home program requirements.
Monitoring the four ducted HPWHs in LaFayette and one in Savannah revealed that HPWH exhaust air impacts attic air during HPWH runtime only, and attic conditions return to previous levels shortly after the HPWH turns off. The HPWH did not appear to impact the loads on the heating and cooling systems, which were also placed in the attic. HPWHs should not be considered dehumidifiers if one is needed in an attic or basement/crawlspace. 
Ducting the HPWHs did not negatively impact performance compared to other published data of field performance. Changing duct configurations also did not alter the coefficient of performance. HPWHs in efficiency mode (heat pump only) could satisfy hot water demand for most residents. This mode maximizes energy efficiency.
Adding .5 in. of insulated sheathing using the Huber ZIP System R Sheathing reduced peak summer temperatures and increased minimum winter temperatures inside the wall assemblies compared to the neighboring home. The neighboring home experienced significantly more risk of condensation and failed the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., Standard 160-2009: Criteria for Moisture-Control Design Analysis in Buildings. Despite the fact that energy modeling predicted only a 2% annual savings from the insulated sheathing, preliminary data indicate that reduced heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning runtimes and energy consumption attributed to this measure provide significantly greater savings. Additional research is necessary.


Tags: beopt, building-america, buildingamerica, heat-pump-water-heater, hers, hvac, mixed-humid, new-construction, residential, single-family-detached
Organization: Department of Energy
Lancaster County Career and Technology Center (LCCTC) Green Homes

With the support of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building America Program, Home Innovation Research Labs partnered with Lancaster County Career and Technology Center (LCCTC) to build a third new construction test house (NCTH) in Apprentice Green, a community next to the school in Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (International Energy Conservation Code [IECC] climate zone [CZ] 5A). 

The overall program goals for the NCTH research project:
- Develop a design to achieve 40% whole-house energy savings over the Building America B10 benchmark (the B10 benchmark is equivalent to meeting the 2009 IECC).
- DOE Challenge Home certification (DOE 2013).
- Document and evaluate costs for efficiency measures.
- National Green Building Standard gold level green certification (NGBS 2009).

Tags: beopt, building-america, building-energy-efficiency, buildingamerica, cold, doe-challenge-home, domestic-hot-water-systems, hvac, insulated-concrete, low-load, mixed-humid, new-construction, residential, simulation, single-family-detached, thermal-mass-wall-system, whole-home
Organization: Department of Energy
NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Heyerdahl fire data from Potholes, central Oregon - IMPD USPOT002

This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Fire. The data include parameters of fire history with a geographic location of Oregon, United States Of America. The time period coverage is from 460 to -59 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.

Tags: climate indicators, continent, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, earth science, establishment dates, fire history, fire history|tree ring, fire scar dates, land records, latitude 43.730972, lodgepole pine, longitude -120.942639, material: null, material: wood, national centers for environmental information, nesdis, noaa, north america, oregon, paleoclimate, paleoclimate indicators, pico, pinus contorta douglas ex loudon, pinus ponderosa douglas ex c. lawson, pipo, ponderosa pine, potholes, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, western yellow pine, what: age, what: sample identification, what: tree demographic and injury and fire event code
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - GISP2 - Holocene CH4 Isotope Data

This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Ice Core. The data include parameters of ice cores with a geographic location of Greenland. The time period coverage is from 11250 to 100 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.

Tags: carbon isotopes, climate indicators, continent, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, earth science, gisp2, greenland, hydrogen isotopes, ice core, ice core records, ice cores, latitude 72.583333, longitude -38.466667, material: methane, material: null, national centers for environmental information, nesdis, noaa, north america, paleoclimate, paleoclimate indicators, u.s. department of commerce, what: delta 13c, what: delta 2h, what: gas age
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Schweingruber - Mountain Lake Newfoundland Ufe - PCGL - ITRDB CANA051

This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Tree Ring. The data include parameters of tree ring with a geographic location of Newfoundland, Canada. The time period coverage is from 156 to -38 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.

Tags: biological records, canada, climate indicators, continent, density, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, earth science, land records, latitude 53.48, longitude -58.67, material: null, mountain lake newfoundland ufe, national centers for environmental information, nesdis, newfoundland, noaa, north america, paleoclimate, paleoclimate indicators, pcgl, picea glauca (moench) voss, tree ring, tree rings, tree-ring, u.s. department of commerce, what: age, what: earlywood density, what: earlywood width, what: latewood density, what: latewood width, what: maximum density, what: minimum density, what: number of samples, what: total ring width, what: tree ring standardized growth index, white spruce, width
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Schweingruber - Lac Romanel - PCMA - ITRDB CANA061

This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Tree Ring. The data include parameters of tree ring with a geographic location of Quebec, Canada. The time period coverage is from 129 to -38 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.

Tags: & poggenb., biological records, black spruce, canada, climate indicators, continent, density, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, earth science, lac romanel, land records, latitude 56.23, longitude -67.72, material: null, national centers for environmental information, nesdis, noaa, north america, paleoclimate, paleoclimate indicators, pcma, picea mariana (mill.) britton, quebec, sterns, tree ring, tree rings, tree-ring, u.s. department of commerce, what: age, what: earlywood density, what: earlywood width, what: latewood density, what: latewood width, what: maximum density, what: minimum density, what: number of samples, what: total ring width, what: tree ring standardized growth index, width
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Tepley fire data from Williams Creek, southwestern Colorado, IMPD USWCR001

This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Fire. The data include parameters of fire history|tree ring with a geographic location of Colorado, United States Of America. The time period coverage is from 491 to -63 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.

Tags: abco, abies concolor (gordon) lindl. ex hildebr., climate indicators, colorado, continent, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, douglas-fir, earth science, fire history, fire history|tree ring, fire scar dates, land records, latitude 37.526443, longitude -107.235773, material: null, material: wood, national centers for environmental information, nesdis, noaa, north america, paleoclimate, paleoclimate indicators, pinus ponderosa douglas ex c. lawson, pipo, ponderosa pine, populus tremuloides michx., pptr, pseudotsuga menziesii (mirb.) franco, psme, quaking aspen, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, western yellow pine, what: age, what: tree demographic and injury and fire event code, white fir, williams creek
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Schweingruber - Athabasca, historisch - PCEN - ITRDB CANA170

This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Tree Ring. The data include parameters of tree ring with a geographic location of Alberta, Canada. The time period coverage is from 878 to -41 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.

Tags: alberta, athabasca, biological records, canada, climate indicators, continent, density, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, earth science, engelmann spruce, historisch, land records, latitude 51.42, longitude -117.33, material: null, national centers for environmental information, nesdis, noaa, north america, pages 2k network, pages namerica 2k, paleoclimate, paleoclimate indicators, pcen, picea engelmannii parry ex engelm., tree ring, tree rings, tree-ring, u.s. department of commerce, what: age, what: earlywood density, what: earlywood width, what: latewood density, what: latewood width, what: maximum density, what: minimum density, what: number of samples, what: tracheid diameter, what: tree ring standardized growth index, width
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce