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2024-03-29T14:53:40ZThe Environmental Impact of Panelized Single Family Housing in the United States
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The Environmental Impact of Panelized Single Family Housing in the United States
Brown, G. Z.; Peffer, Therese
The construction of single family housing in the United States is growing increasingly industrialized with panelization emerging as the dominant form of industrialization. Will this trend mean that housing construction, operation, and demolition will have more or less impact on the environment? This paper analyzes differences between low levels of industrialization, such as site built wood framing or open wood frame panels, with higher levels of industrialization, such as closed wood frame panels, in terms of material use and waste generation in construction, and energy use in operation. An example of industrialization's impact on operational resources such as energy was demonstrated in an experiment using six units of housing built using various forms of factory fabrication - open wood frame panels, closed wood frame panels, and stressed skin insulating core panels. The tests showed that the more completely components are factory fabricated the better energy performance that have. In another experiment in which we constructed a single family house, we compared conventional on site construction (wood frame) to stressed skin insulating core panel construction. We determined that stressed skin insulating core panel construction used 5% less total wood and 50% less framing lumber. These two examples show that high levels of industrialization can result in less environmental impact from construction and operation. However, in the case of panels, our survey of U.S. manufacturers indicates that there are a number of barriers to increasing the level of industrialization in panel manufacturing.
9 pages
1997-01-01T00:00:00ZPredicting Architects' Plan Preferences
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Predicting Architects' Plan Preferences
Brown, G. Z.; Meacham, Matthew
This paper describes the logic testing for an expert system module that looks at an inprocess CAD drawing, identifies the plan type and recommends an alternative plan that is consistent with the designer's preferences, but has better energy performance. The knowledge base was developed in the form of a morphological matrix. The rationale, construction and testing of this knowledge base is described.
27 pages
1995-03-01T00:00:00ZUniversity Housing Thermal Testing Report
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University Housing Thermal Testing Report
Brown, G. Z.; Kumar, Pawan; Larocque, Paul
118 pages
1995-09-01T00:00:00ZStressed Skin Insulating Core Panel Demonstration House Thermal Testing Report
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Stressed Skin Insulating Core Panel Demonstration House Thermal Testing Report
140 pages
1995-12-01T00:00:00Z