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Calibration of the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1990-12) Ryan, Patrick; Brown, G. Z.; Berg, Rudy
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Calibration of the boundary layer wind tunnel : progress report
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1990-12) Ryan, C. P.; Berg, Rudy; Brown, G. Z.
Since 1989 the U. S. Department of Energy has sponsored a research program organized to improve energy efficiency in industrialized housing. Two research centers share responsibility for the Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing (BEIH) program: the Center for Housing Innovation at the University of Oregon and the Florida Solar Energy Center, a research institute of the University of Central Florida. Additional funding for the program is provided by non-DOE participants from private industry, state governments and utilities. The program is guided by a steering committee composed of industry and government representatives. Industrialization of U.S. housing production varies from mobile home builders who ship furnished houses to the site, to production builders who assemble factory produced components on the site. Such housing can be divided into four major categories: HUD code (mobile) homes, modular houses, panelized houses, and production built houses. There are many hybrids of these categories. The goal of the Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing research project is to develop techniques to produce marketable industrialized housing that is 25% more energy efficient than required by today's most stringent U.S. residential codes, yet less costly than present homes. One aspect of the EEIH project is testing the energy performance of houses at several stages from design through occupancy. The activity described here comprises part of Task 2.6, "Tests of Construction Methods, Products, and Materials," a process which involves both field and laboratory studies. Toward this end the project will use the low speed boundary layer wind tunnel to study building ventilation and microclimates. This report describes progress toward the calibration of this instrument. First is a description of the tunnel itself -- a duct roughly 60 feet long, coupled to a variable speed fan, and shaped to provide a smooth air flow with minimum background turbulence. During calibration this level of turbulence was examined using the tunnel's three-part set of instruments: anemometry sensors (TSI Model 1066) and electronics, data acquisition system (IDAC-1000 plus custom communication program), and controlling Macintosh computer.
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Cost Analysis for a Stressed Skin Insulating Core Panel Demonstration House, Springfield, Oregon
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1995) Aires, Kevin; Berg, Rudy; Brown, G. Z.; Kline, Jeff; Kumar, Pawan
This paper summarizes a detailed cost study performed to evaluate the first cost of the building system innovations in a stressed skin insulation core (SSIC) panel demonstration house built in Springfield, Oregon. The objective was to compare this building envelope system to a conventionally built, architecturally equivalent Reference House designed with the same energy performance that the Demonstration House provides. The demonstration House proved to have a lower first cost and to be more profitable to the builder than the Reference House.. The primary cost benefit of the Demonstration House is the reduced amount of on-site labor required through the use of SSIC panels. In addition to providing high insulation values and a very tight building envelope, using these panels reduced the use of framing lumber by almost 50%.
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Design and Technology for Energy Efficiency in Housing - 2030
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1992) Berg, Rudy; Brown, G. Z.; DeKay, Mark; Kellett, Ronald; Muller, Brook; Peting, Donald; Rose, Jordan
This paper reports on method and results of 'Design for Energy Efficiency', a design and technology task area of the Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing research program - a project jointly based in institutions of architecture, energy research and industrial engineering. The paper presents a research method through which design studies were systematically developed to establish a vision and quantifiable goals for energy efficient housing in the year 2030. Problem definition, design, and performance specification phases of this task are summarized, emphasizing areas where principles of design and technology have converged to realize high standards of economy, energy performance and quality in housing. Goals of 'zero net energy use' and 'zero net cost increase' were established for specification phases of the task.
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Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing Research Program: Summary FY 1989 Research Activities
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1990-02) Berg, Rudy; Brown, G. Z.; Finrow, Jerry; Kellett, Ron; McDonald, Margot; McGinn, Barry; Ryan, Pat; Sekiguchi, Tomoko; Chandra, Subrato; Elshennawy, Ahmad K.; Fairey, Philip; Harrison, John; Maxwell, Lawrence; Roland, Jim; Swart, William
This report summarizes three documents: Multiyear Research Plan, Volume I FY 1989 Task Reports, and Volume II Appendices. These documents describe tasks that were undertaken from November 1988 to December 1989, the first year of the project. Those tasks were: 1) the formation of a steering committee, 2) the development of a multiyear research plan, 3) analysis of the U.S. industrialized housing industry, 4) assessment of foreign technology, 5) assessment of industrial applications, 6) analysis of computerized design and evaluation tools, and 7) assessment of energy performance of baseline and advanced industrialized housing concepts. While this document summarizes information developed in each task area, it doesn't review task by task, as Volume I FY 1989 Task Reports does, but rather treats the subject of energy efficient industrialized housing as a whole to give the reader a more coherent view.
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Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing Research Program: Summary FY 1990 Research Activities
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1991-07) Berg, Rudy; Brown, G. Z.; Kellett, Ronald; McDonald, Margot; Meacham, Matt; Paz, Artemio; Ryan, Pat; Sekiguchi, Tomoko; Cai, Bing; Chandra, Subrato; Elshennawy, Ahmad K.; Fairey, Philip; Gumbs, Elvis; Mcilvaine, Janet E. R.; Maxwell, Lawrence; Melody, Ingrid; Moalla, Sofien; Mullens, Michael; Roland, Jim; Tooley, John; Swart, William; Young, Lorenzo
This report summarizes research results from eight projects conducted from November, 1989 to March, 1991, the second year of the Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing research program. Detailed individual reports are available for each of the sections described in this report. The titles of these reports are: An Analysis of U.S. Industrialized Housing, A Review of Computer Use in Industrialized Housing, Design for Energy Efficiency, Energy Design Software, Manufacturing Process Innovation, Toward the Development of a Dimensional Coordinating Hierarchy for Housing Applications, Calibration of the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel, and Cooling Season Tests for Industrialized Housing Systems.
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Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing Research Program: Summary FY 1991 Research Activities
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1992-03) Berg, Rudy; Brown, G. Z.; DeKay, Mark; Gay, Patrick; Hulse, David; Kellett, Ronald; Meacham, Matt; Muller, Brook; Peting, Don; Pierce, Sam; Rose, Jordan; Sekiguchi, Tomoko
This report summarizes research results from tasks conducted from April 1991 to February 1992, the third year of the Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing research program. Detailed descriptions of tasks, methods, and results are available in the reports listed in section 14 of this document.
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Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing Research Program: Summary FY 1992 Research Activities
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1993-04) Berg, Rudy; Brown, G. Z.; Corner, Don; Elliot, Mike; Kellett, Ronald; Kline, Jeff; Lei, George; Meacham, Matt; Pierce, Sam; Raney, Marie; Sekiguchi, Tomoko; Chandra, Subrato; McIlvaine, Janet E. R.; Rudd, Armin; Armacost, Robert; Ashley, Richard; Gawlik, Thomas; Mullens, Michael; Nippani, Raghavender; Shipley, Thomas; Swart, William; Toleti, Rajesh
This report summarizes research results from tasks conducted from March 1992 to February 1993, the fourth year of the Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing Research Program. Detailed descriptions of tasks, methods, and results are available in the reports listed in section 13 of this document.
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Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing Research Program: Summary FY 1993 Research Activities
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1994-07) Aires, Kevin; Baxley, Christian; Berg, Rudy; Brown, G. Z.; Corner, Don; Helou, Michele; Kellett, Ronald; Kline, Jeff; Larocque, Paul; Lei, George; Raney, Marie; Sekiguchi, Tomoko; Beal, David; Chandra, Subrato; Rudd, Armin; Armacost, Robert; Mullens, Michael; Swart, William
This report summarizes research results from tasks conducted from March 1993 to February 1994 as part of the Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing Research Program. Detailed descriptions of tasks, methods, and results are available in the reports listed in section 13 of this document.
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Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing Research Program: Summary FY 1994 Research Activities
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1995-07) Aires, Kevin; Berg, Rudy; Brown, G. Z.; Helou, Michele; Kline, Jeff; Kumar, Pawan; Larocque, Paul; Raney, Marie; Sekiguchi, Tomoko; Beal, David; Chandra, Subrato; Rudd, Armin; Armacost, Robert; Gawlik, Tom; Malek, Mag; Mullens, Mike; Rheborg, Mats
This report summarizes research results from March 1994 to February 1995 for the Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing Research Program.
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Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing Research Program: Summary FY 1995 Research Activities
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1996-06) Aires, Kevin; Berg, Rudy; Brown, G. Z.; Helou, Michele; Kline, Jeff; Kumar, Pawan; Larocque, Paul; Raney, Marie; Sekiguchi, Tomoko; Beal, David; Chandra, Subrato; Rudd, Armin; Armacost, Robert; Gawlik, Tom; Malek, Mag; Mullens, Mike; Rheborg, Mats
This report summarizes research results from March 1995 to February 1996 for the Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing Research Program.
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Multiyear Research Plan Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1989-06) Brown, G. Z.; Berg, Rudy; Corner, Don; Finrow, Jerry; Kellett, Ronald; Kirsch, Patti; McDonald, Margot; McGinn, Barry; Sekiguchi, Tomoko; Fairey, Philip; Chandra, Subrato; Swart, William; Roland, Jim; Maxwell, Larry
The research program, under the guidance of a steering committee composed of industry and government representatives, focuses on three interdependent concerns -- energy conservation, industrial process, and housing design. Building homes in a factory offers the opportunity to increase energy efficiency through new materials and processes, and increase the value of these homes by improving the quality of their construction. Housing design strives to ensure that these technically advanced homes are marketable and will meet the needs of the people who will live in them. Energy efficiency is the focus for the plan. Because energy is viewed in the context of production and design, researchers will be able to solve energy problems in a way that helps industry improve its product and compete with foreign companies, alleviate the trade imbalance in construction products, increase the productivity of the U.S. housing industry, and decrease both the cost of housing and the use of fossil fuels that are expensive and damaging to the environment.
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On-Grade Insulated Panel Floor System Preliminary Report
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1995-07) Aires, Kevin; Berg, Rudy; Briscoe, John; Brown, G. Z.; Kline, Jeffrey; Larocque, Paul; Wang, Zhunqin
During 1993-94 the Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory designed and subsequently performed energy testing and monitoring on a stressed skin insulated core (SSIC) panel Demonstration House built in Springfield, Oregon. One outcome of that project was an idea for an on-grade insulated panel floor system. This report describes a preliminary examination of that idea, and a proposal for its evaluation.
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SSIC Panel Demonstration House: Phase I - First Design & Phase II - Second Design
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1994-12) Berg, Rudy; Briscoe, John; Brown, G. Z.; Elliot, Mike; Gay, Patrick; Kellett, Ronald; Mitchell, Bret; Pierce, Sam; Rapp, Richard; Wilson, Richa
The Demonstration House project seeks to show that a house built of Stressed Skin Insulating Core (SSIC) panel construction can provide equal energy performance, yet cost $2000 less than an "architecturally equivalent" conventionally framed Reference House which meets stringent Long Term Super Good Cents energy standards (a glossary of terms and phrases is given in Section 8.0; details of the Bonneville Power Administration Super Good Cents Program are given in Appendix 9.1). This report summarizes the first two phases of design work toward the construction of an SSIC panel Demonstration House, as part of the Energy Efficient Industrialized Housing research project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Phase I includes the research work through May, 1992 to design and evaluate a prototype house to meet project goals; Phase II continues that work (another cycle of design and evaluation) through April, 1993. The final stage of design and evaluation prior to construction -Phase III -is described in a subsequent report.
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Stressed Skin Insulating Core Panel Demonstration House -- Design Phase
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1993) Berg, Rudy; Brown, G. Z.; Elliot, Mike; Gay, Patrick; Pierce, Sam; Jobes, Jim; Mitchell, Bret
In 1992/93, the Center for Housing Innovation will design, build, and test a prototype house which showcases energy efficient technology, demonstration that stressed skin panel construction delivers good quality with high energy performance at lower first cost than conventional construction. The project -- a 1300 sf, three bedroom house -- is designed to match the annual energy performance of a similar conventional construction home which meets the Bonneville Power Administration's advanced Long Term Super Good Cents standards but can be built at a lower first cost.
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Stressed Skin Insulating Core Panel Demonstration House Phase III - Design Development and Construction
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1995-11) Berg, Rudy; Briscoe, John; Brown, G. Z.; Elliot, Mike; Gay, Patrick; Mitchell, Bret; Pearse, Richard; Pierce, Sam; Skilton, David; Wilson, Richa
The Stressed Skin Insulating Core Panel Demonstration House project seeks to show that a house built of Stressed Skin Insulated Core (SSIC) panel construction can provide equal energy performance, yet cost $2000 less than an "architecturally equivalent" conventionally framed Reference House which meets stringent Long Term Super Good Cents energy standards ( a glossary of terms and phrases is given in Section 7.0; details of the Bonneville Power Administration Super Good Cents Program are given in Appendix 8.1). This report describes the completion of the design phase, and the entirety of the construction phase, of the Stressed Skin Insulating Core Panel Demonstration House project. Design work prior to May 1993 is described in another ESBL report, SSIC Panel Demonstration House, Phase I - First Design; Phase II - Second Design. Energy and structural tests of the completed house are described in subsequent reports.
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Stressed Skin Insulating Core Panel House - Design, Construction and Evaluation
(Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1994-06) Baxley, Christian; Berg, Rudy; Briscoe, John; Brown, G. Z.; Kellett, Ronald; Kline, Jeff; Kumar, Pawan; Lei, T. K.; Sekiguchi, Tomoko
This paper describes three projects related to stressed skin insulating core (SSIC) panel construction: the energy and cost estimating software - SIP Scheming, the Stressed Skin Insulating Core Panel Demonstration House design and construction, and the Experimental University Housing testing.

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