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UCF Team Wins Second Place in Nationwide ASHRAE Design Competition
FSEC's Dr. Muthusamy Swami and City of Orlando's Nate Boyd served as advisors to UCF's student engineering team of Charles Heyligen, Bradley Hughes, Kyle Inge, Isaac Lima, and Gerald Patterson, who exceeded every other University team except one in the HVAC System Design Calculations category for the unique oval-shaped, large glass area Chicago’s Joe and Rika Mansueto Library.
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 Calling the Next Generation to the Table
FSEC researchers recently participated in the advisory committee for the U.S. Department of Energy's Challenge Home Student Design Competition.
Help us spread the word to college and community college faculty and students to participate in generating creative solutions to the real world of
net-zero energy homes.
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Florida Conducts the 2nd Most Home Energy Ratings
RESNET released statistics for the first year of their rating registry system. More Florida homes received RESNET registered energy ratings than any other state but Texas. FSEC's Deputy Director Philip Fairey said “FSEC has been an integral part of establishing the research, training and tools to create a viable rating industry in Florida for the last 23 years. Florida’s certified energy raters have shown builders that energy ratings and energy-efficiency programs help sell homes.”
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30 Years of Buildings Research
Dig into publications from FSEC's Buildings Research Division.
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Deep Energy Retrofits
Are you part of the $147 billion home improvement industry? This new Building America report examines the leadership potential for home energy raters and consultants, remodeling contractors and sub-contractors to jump start a new line of revenue in deep energy retrofits.
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What is a Deep Energy Retrofit?
Check out our recent field study and best practices.
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Occupant-in-Place Energy Efficiency Retrofit in a Group Home for 30% Energy Savings in Climate Zone 4
This project studies the specification, implementation, and energy savings from an energy efficiency retrofit in a group home, with an energy savings goal of 30%. This short-term test report chronicles the retrofit measures specified, their projected cost-effectiveness using building energy simulations, and the short-term test results that were used to characterize pre-retrofit and post-retrofit conditions.
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Bay Ridge Gardens - Mixed-Humid Affordable Multifamily Housing Deep Energy Retrofit (DER)
Under this project, Newport Partners (as part of the BA-PIRC research team) evaluated the installation, measured performance, and cost-effectiveness of efficiency upgrade measures for a tenant-in-place DER at the Bay Ridge multifamily development in Annapolis, Maryland. The design and construction phase was completed in August 2012. This report summarizes system commissioning, short-term test results, utility bill data analysis, and analysis of real-time data collected over a one-year period after the retrofit was complete.
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A Variable Refrigerant Flow Heat Pump Computer Model in EnergyPlus
This paper provides an overview of the variable refrigerant flow heat pump computer model included with the Department of Energy’s EnergyPlus™ whole-building energy simulation software. The mathematical model for a variable refrigerant flow heat pump operating in cooling or heating mode, and a detailed model for the variable refrigerant flow direct-expansion cooling coil are described in detail.
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From Blueprints to Residential Energy Code Compliance
The course will provide students with detailed instructions and examples of how to go from a set of blueprints to calculating the residential energy code. Offered Sept 9, and Dec 2, 2013.
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EnergyGauge Pro Hands-On Training
Learn how to enter data and obtain Florida Energy Code, energy rating and system sizing results with the EnergyGauge USA FlaRes software. Offered Sept 10, and Dec 3, 2013.
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EnergyGauge Rater Training
Become a home energy rater. Courses offered Sept 11-19, and Dec 4-12, 2013.
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Rating Field Inspector
Work under the direct supervision of a certified home energy rater. Learn how to collect information, conduct inspections and perform tests to produce a home energy rating. Offered Oct 7-11, 2013.
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Florida Commercial Energy Code Compliance: Methods, Tools and Verification
This 6-hour instructor-led course incorporates lecture, demonstration and exercises to provide students with an overview of building energy use contributors, Florida Commercial Energy Code compliance methods, tools and field verification issues. Offered Oct 29, 2013.
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Commercial Energy Code and Green Building Modeling Using EnergyGauge Summit
This course will teach you how to use the EnergyGauge Summit software. It is designed for first time and experienced users. Offered Oct 30, 2013.
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EnergyGauge Commercial Rater Training
This course is designed to teach the methodology of commercial energy ratings in order to accurately assess commercial buildings. Offered Oct 31, 2013.
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HVAC QI Technician Checklist for ENERGY STAR V3
Understand the requirements of the HVAC QI Technician Checklist for ENERGY STAR V3 and how to complete it in the most efficient way. Offered Oct 16, 2013.
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ACCA Manual J and ENERGY STAR
This 1.5 day course will provide guidance on the Manual J and the ENERGY STAR compliance. Offered Oct 17-18, 2013.
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Diagnosing Moisture Problems
Learn about the contributing factors and approaches to avoiding moisture problems. Offered Oct 28, 2013.
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