The proposed transformative inflatable wall technology will lower the cost of envelope retrofitting and decrease installation time. This insulation-inflatable technology will revolutionize insulation retrofits in low-income residential buildings by being easily applied in a matter of four days from start to finish with basic installation equipment, minimum disruption to occupants (or traffic) and requiring only a small truck for transportation. This project will develop an insulation-inflatable technology that will significantly reduce the cost and improve the performance of insulation retrofits. The market barrier to envelope retrofitting is mainly cost, rather than a lack of advanced technologies. Project Objectiveīuilding envelope retrofits tend to be cost-prohibitive and technically challenging. Phase 2 awardees will develop and field-validate their retrofit solution from Phase 1 on at least two occupied, operational buildings. Once completed, BTO will conduct a competitive review of this project, along with all Phase 1 projects, to down-select recipients for Phase 2 awards that focus on a whole-building deep energy retrofit solution. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority – Albany, NYįunding Type: Advanced Building Construction FOA AwardĪs part of the ABC FOA topic Integrated Building Retrofits, this project is one of a cohort of Phase 1 projects that will design and prototype a technology or approach that provides a deep energy-saving retrofit solution for one or more building energy systems. If applied to multiple residential building types across the U.S., the proposed approach could lead to potential energy savings of 2,077 tBtu.Lead Performer: Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Oak Ridge, TN The resulting approach to deep energy-efficiency retrofits will be affordable for building owners with a return on investment of no more than 25 years and estimated energy savings of about 75%. This project addresses the critical need for innovation in integrated processes for retrofit design, analysis, fabrication, and installation to capture economies of scale, compress time and cost, and facilitate widespread applicability and adoption. Project Impactįor retrofits in cold/very cold climates to maximize potential energy savings, they must capture efficiencies in energy performance, installation, and ongoing operations and maintenance while delivering thermal comfort, design aesthetics, and competitive cost benefit to ensure market acceptance. The design decision-making platform, digital component database, and retrofit protocol will be developed for designing, documenting, and implementing the whole-building retrofit solution. Prototypes for the retrofit solution will be developed, tested, and verified using Syracuse University’s Building Energy and Environmental Systems Laboratory (BEESL) and the Building Envelope Systems Test (BEST) facility.
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