Report Number
FSEC-GP-316-13
URL
http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/BA-PIRC-florida_retrofit_best_practices.pdf
Keywords
Local government retrofit programs; Affordable housing; Energy efficiency renovation; Housing market; Community-scale renovation
Abstract
In some communities, local government and non-profit entities have funds to purchase and renovate distressed, foreclosed homes for resale in the affordable housing market. Numerous opportunities to improve whole house energy efficiency are inherent in these comprehensive renovations. BA-PIRC worked together in a multiyear field study making recommendations in individual homes, meanwhile compiling improvement costs, projected energy savings, practical challenges, and labor force factors surrounding common energy-related renovation measures. The field study, Phase 1 of this research, resulted in a set of best practices appropriate to the current labor pool and market conditions in central Florida to achieve projected annual energy savings of 15%-30% and higher. This report describes Phase 2 of the work where researchers worked with a local government partner to implement and refine the "current best practices". A simulation study was conducted to characterize savings potential under three sets of conditions representing varying replacement needs for energy-related equipment and envelope components. The three scenarios apply readily to the general remodeling industry as for renovation of foreclosed homes for the affordable housing market. The new local government partner, the City of Melbourne, implemented the best practices in a community-scale renovation program that included ten homes in 2012.
Date Published
12-15-2013
Identifiers
196
Subjects
Housing rehabilitation; Energy conservation; Local government; Housing; Energy consumption
Type
Text; Document
Format
application/pdf
Collection
FSEC Energy Research Center® Collection
STARS Citation
Florida Solar Energy Center and McIlvaine, Janet, "Applying Best Practices to Florida Local Government Retrofit Programs" (2013). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 196.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/196
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