Impact of residential mechanical ventilation on energy cost and humidity control
By: prepared by Eric Martin ; prepared for: the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, On behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America Program, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Contributors: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.); Building America (Program : U.S.); United States. Department of Energy. Office of Building Technologies
Publisher: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Golden, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Ventilation; Economic aspects; Humidity; Control; Dwellings; Energy consumption
Description: The DOE Building America program has been conducting research leading to cost effective high performance homes since the early 1990's. Optimizing whole house mechanical ventilation as part of the program's systems engineered approach to constructing housing has been an important subject of the program's research. Ventilation in residential buildings is one component of an effective, comprehensive strategy for creation and maintenance of a comfortable and healthy indoor air environment. The study described in this white paper is based on building energy modeling with an important focus on the indoor humidity impacts of ventilation. The modeling tools used were EnergyPlus version 7.1 (E+) and EnergyGauge USA (EGUSA). Twelve U.S. cities and five climate zones were represented. A total of 864 simulations (2*2*3*3*12= 864) were run using two building archetypes, two building leakage rates, two building orientations, three ventilation systems, three ventilation rates, and twelve climates.
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"January 2014."

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Includes bibliographical references (page 33-34).

Sponsored by National Renewable Energy Laboratory contract no. DE-AC36-08GO28308