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Phased Deep Retrofit Project in Florida
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Dear Pros,How much could be saved in retrofits that blanketed a large group of homes with simple measures collected detailed audit information and then came back to custom retrofit the homes in…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Tom Delconte May 6.
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Dennis Heidner replied to Danny S. Parker's discussion Phased Deep Retrofit Project in Florida"I can think of multiple cases that would fail Robert Shillers example.
1) The owners like the property and intend to stay a there a long time. The house is old and uncomfortable so they want to fix it.
2) They place a value on…"
Tom Delconte replied to Danny S. Parker's discussion Phased Deep Retrofit Project in Florida"Why in the world would anybody in their right mind do a deep retrofit when the renowned economist Robert Shiller says they're not worth doing? To waste the U.S. government's money, and therefore the U.S. taxpayer's hard earned due.…"
bill lazar replied to Danny S. Parker's discussion Phased Deep Retrofit Project in Florida"Curt- We are in St. Augustine and are in the process of a renewable energy grant study that was funded through the Florida Energy Office .We will have the data monitoring system up and running soon, and we did a variety of retrofits on an…"
Curt Kinder replied to Danny S. Parker's discussion Phased Deep Retrofit Project in Florida"Thanks for the background info - good to hear that any clogged dryer vents were cleared. I had trouble seeing information for all houses, instead only three...perhaps a browser issue. I see more this AM.
Have you by chance correlated / seen any…"
Danny S. Parker replied to Danny S. Parker's discussion Phased Deep Retrofit Project in Florida"Curt,
Homes with high dryer use wash a lot of loads of laundry. You can examine each site to see this at the website. All sites were examined and on audit, any with clogged dryer vents were cleared or avoided for monitoring (danger of dyer fires).…"
Curt Kinder replied to Danny S. Parker's discussion Phased Deep Retrofit Project in Florida"Houses with very high clothes dryer usage may have problems with dryer exhaust air flow (lint clogs). They may also wash clothes only with cold water, which would help reduce water heating energy compared to dryer energy.
Houses with inordinate…"
Dennis Heidner replied to Danny S. Parker's discussion Phased Deep Retrofit Project in Florida"Some of the houses have a high energy use for dryers when compared to the water heater (house #33) and others are just the opposite -- large water heater load for low dryer (#19). Have you broken out which houses use solar hot water and…"
Curt Kinder replied to Danny S. Parker's discussion Phased Deep Retrofit Project in Florida"Hi Danny,
That's an interesting study, and it parallels some of our own work.
We perform energy audits and retrofits to varying depths in the Jacksonville area. Our basic premise is that our deep retrofits can cut 50% off the energy bill of a…"
Danny S. Parker's discussion was featuredPhased Deep Retrofit Project in Florida
Dear Pros,How much could be saved in retrofits that blanketed a large group of homes with simple measures collected detailed audit information and then came back to custom retrofit the homes in detail?Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy within the Building America program, a Phased Deep Retrofit (PDR) Project is attempting to answer that question. A total of 60 all-electric homes in Florida are being monitored in great detail: all end uses (even TVs!), temperatures and humidity. All of…See More
Danny S. Parker posted a discussionPhased Deep Retrofit Project in Florida
Dear Pros,How much could be saved in retrofits that blanketed a large group of homes with simple measures collected detailed audit information and then came back to custom retrofit the homes in detail?Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy within the Building America program, a Phased Deep Retrofit (PDR) Project is attempting to answer that question. A total of 60 all-electric homes in Florida are being monitored in great detail: all end uses (even TVs!), temperatures and humidity. All of…See More
Danny S. Parker replied to Paul Stevens's discussion Peak Energy Saver"Paul,
Fiction. Fraudulent is another good word.
This is another in a long-line of power factor "black box" scams. Another manufacturer, KVAR, is particularly egregious, preying on gullible homeowners.
Note that there are always…"
Danny S. Parker replied to Jason Raddenbach's discussion New PV system. What is your experience with different panel manufacturers?"Hi Everyone,
Yes, I do think it is very helpful to keep your utility records. In fact, I firmly believe that simple analysis of your utility records can be more illustrative than a lot of simulation (and I love simulations).
Key concept with…"
Danny S. Parker replied to Jason Raddenbach's discussion New PV system. What is your experience with different panel manufacturers?"Hi Jason,
Already had the 6000W inverter, so it was just a matter of expanding the number of modules on the racks.
Generating the graph was simple: I kept all the utility bills since I moved into the house in 1989 and then logged the power…"
Danny S. Parker replied to Jason Raddenbach's discussion New PV system. What is your experience with different panel manufacturers?"Jason,
No better time than now. Go for it. I am worried that net metering may soon be gone. Grandfather clause is a nice friend to have.
Don't believe that? Take a look at what is taking place in San…"
Danny S. Parker replied to Tom Delconte's discussion Energy Myths- Fact or Fiction?"Tom,
I completely agree with all these except the first. There is an old, but well done empirical study showing savings from closing registers by Bill Levins at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Levins, W.P. 1988. “Experimental Measurements of…"
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How much energy to cook that turkey
All,
How much electricity is need to roast a Thankgiving turkey & the rest of the holiday cooking extravaganza?
Monitoring baseline data from the Phased Deep Retrofit project being done by Florida Solar Energy Center for U.S. Department of Energy allows us to answer that question. Thanksgiving cooking in our 30 home, all electric sample averaged 2.76 kWh, 2.03 kWh more than it did on the Thursday before Thanksgiving (0.73 kWh)
Note that in the…
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 9:29am — 2 Comments
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- At 2:04pm on August 8, 2012,
Tom Conlon said… Thanks for the great workshop yesterday in San Ramon. Just what the doctor ordered!
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Diane Chojnowski said… Hi Danny,
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