A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Low-Income Multifamily Weatherization Research Project. Final Report, October 1987-May 1991
An end-use natural gas consumption study was conducted in 28 apartments in nine four-plex and one duplex apartment buildings in a low-income neighborhood in Southeast Washington, DC, with the assistance of Washington Gas Light. Individual apartment space heating energy consumption proved to be highly variable with bottom-floor apartments consuming more energy for space heating than top floor apartments, and exterior apartments often consuming more energy than apartments adjoining party walls. As part of the study 37,000 Btu/hr. direct-vented natural gas space heaters were installed in eight high space heat energy-consuming apartments. Average space heating energy consumption was reduced an estimated 20% in the test apartments when the zone heaters were in use.
Low-Income Multifamily Weatherization Research Project. Final Report, October 1987-May 1991
An end-use natural gas consumption study was conducted in 28 apartments in nine four-plex and one duplex apartment buildings in a low-income neighborhood in Southeast Washington, DC, with the assistance of Washington Gas Light. Individual apartment space heating energy consumption proved to be highly variable with bottom-floor apartments consuming more energy for space heating than top floor apartments, and exterior apartments often consuming more energy than apartments adjoining party walls. As part of the study 37,000 Btu/hr. direct-vented natural gas space heaters were installed in eight high space heat energy-consuming apartments. Average space heating energy consumption was reduced an estimated 20% in the test apartments when the zone heaters were in use.
Low-Income Multifamily Weatherization Research Project. Final Report, October 1987-May 1991
J. R. McBride (author) / B. T. Castelli (author) / S. G. Thomas (author) / J. S. Kromer (author)
1991
123 pages
Report
No indication
English
Architectural Design & Environmental Engineering , Heating & Cooling Systems , Energy Use, Supply, & Demand , Energy , Apartment buildings , Residential buildings , Weatherization , Research programs , Natural gas , Energy consumption , Space heating , District of Columbia , Building codes , Low income housing