Energy Retrofit Field Study and Best Practices in a Hot-Humid Climate

Primary Author(s)

Florida Solar Energy Center
Janet McIlvaine, Florida Solar Energy CenterFollow

Report Number

FSEC-RR-404-13

URL

http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FSEC-RR-404-13.pdf

Keywords

Buildings; Retrofits; Hot Humid Climates; Energy retrofit; Hot-humid climate; Housing energy efficiency; Renovation practices; DOE goals

Abstract

In the U.S. Census Bureau's Southern region, housing starts ranged from 4.6 to 5.9 million per decade from the 1970s through the 2000s, nearly twice as many as any other region across all decades. The potential for energy savings in these homes is vast, perhaps our most available untapped resource for reducing energy needs. This study was conducted in central Florida, which forms part of the Census Bureau's Southern region. It examines efficiency retrofit opportunities, typical renovation practices, and pathways for achieving U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) goals for existing homes in that region.

Date Published

3-21-2013

Identifiers

215

Subjects

Energy conservation; Dwellings--Energy conservation; Buildings--Energy conservation

Local Subjects

Hot Humid Climates; Buildings - Retrofits

Type

Text; Document

Collection

FSEC Energy Research Center® Collection

STARS Citation

Florida Solar Energy Center and McIlvaine, Janet, "Energy Retrofit Field Study and Best Practices in a Hot-Humid Climate" (2013). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 215.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/215