Description
With the support of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building America Program, Home Innovation Research Labs partnered with Lancaster County Career and Technology Center (LCCTC) to build a third new construction test house (NCTH) in Apprentice Green, a community next to the school in Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (International Energy Conservation Code [IECC] climate zone [CZ] 5A).
The overall program goals for the NCTH research project:
- Develop a design to achieve 40% whole-house energy savings over the Building America B10 benchmark (the B10 benchmark is equivalent to meeting the 2009 IECC).
- DOE Challenge Home certification (DOE 2013).
- Document and evaluate costs for efficiency measures.
- National Green Building Standard gold level green certification (NGBS 2009).
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| LCCTC Green Home 3 Building Specifications.txt | Text | Includes building specifications that were used in the BEopt simulation of the LCCTC Green Home 3. | Open resource |
| LCCTC Green Home 3 .xml | XML | BEopt files for the LCCTC Green Home 3. Includes a simulation of the LCCTC Green Home 3. This file can be viewed and ran using the NREL software, BEopt. | Open resource |
| Insulated Concrete Form Walls Integrated With Mechanical Systems in a Cold Climate Test House | This report details the work done for the LCCTC Green Homes | Open resource |