1 How Old and New Houses Use Energy Total Consumption per Household, 2001 120 100 2: RENOVATION - CONCORD, MA million per household 80 60 40 20 Space Heating Electric Air Conditioning Water Heating Refrigerators Other Appliances and Lighting 0 Total 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s before 1950 Source: US Census Bureau, Annual Housing Survey: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/ahs/ahs.html 2 Number of Housing Units (thousands) 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 Existing Housing Stock Age of US Housing Stock (all unit types) In Need of Energy Retrofit 58 MILLION before 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 1919 3200 kwh and 566 Therms HERS 45 Electric @ $.15 /kwh Gas @ $1.50/therm Electric $471 Gas $858 Electric/mth - $39 Gas/mth = $71 Source: US Census Bureau, Annual Housing Survey: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/ahs/ahs.html 3 4 34-0 30-0 First floor plan 5 6 Page 1 of 8
7 34-0 30-0 Second floor plan Cross section through house 8 How a 100 year old house is renewed to last an additional 100 years cost $100/sq. ft. How a 100 year old house is renewed to last an additional 100 years Building Enclosure BEFORE CONDITIONED SQ. FT. = 2,000 Air Leakage 10 sq. in. of leakage area per 100 sq. ft. of surface area Wall Insulation Little to none Attic Insulation R-19 Windows Single pane glass with storm window Mechanical Systems Heating DHW BEFORE 60% AFUE for the old boiler -gas -delivered by radiators 9 EER for the window units 0.4 EF for hot water efficiency- AVERAGE summer efficiency is much worse winter efficiency would be about at 60% (since the boiler is heating the house already) Building Enclosure AFTER CONDITIONED SQ. FT. = 3,600 Mechanical Systems AFTER Conditioned Attic R-39 High Density Spray Foam on sheathing R-21 roof deck insulation Total Roof R-60 Walls R-13 cellulose blown into existing 2x4 walls Wall Sheathing 4 Polyiso R-28 sheathing Total Wall R-41 Basement Floor Under-slab 2 XPS, R-10 Basement Walls 4 R-28 HD SPF on perimeter walls Heat Sealed combustion 92% AFUE gas boiler boiler in conditioned basement 13 SEER split system in conditioned space DHW 0.80 EF side-arm storage tank Ducts R-4.2 flex runouts in dropped ceiling or in floor joists Leakage none to outside (5% or less) Windows Andersen Woodwright Replacement Windows Ventilation Fan Cycler Supply-only system integrated with AHU Weighted Average U=~0.33, SHGC=~0.33 33% Duty Cycle: 10 minutes on; 20 minutes off Infiltration 2.0 sq in leakage area per 100 sf of envelope 60-80 CFM continuous average flow 9 Return Pathways Transfer grilles/jump ducts at bedrooms 10 Remaining Loads 6520 kwh and 566 Therms Predicted Boston Area Super-Insulated 4 BR House Energy Consumption with Average US Usage Plug, 2950 kwh 22%, 752 kwh 6% Appliances, 1768 kwh 13% Heating, 394 Therms 36% Lighting, 1050 kwh 8% Hot Water, 172 Therms 15% 11 12 Page 2 of 8
13 Load Reduction by Conservation - 360 > 120 k s Then add Site Generated Energy Actual First Year 3200 kwh and 566 Therms 10^6 /year 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 Annual Loads Comparison Electric @ $.15 /kwh Gas @ $1.50/therm Electric $471 Gas $858 Electric/mth - $39 Gas/mth = $71 Boston Area Super-Insulated 4 BR House Energy Consumption with Average US Usage Plug, 2950 kwh 22%, 752 kwh 6% 50 Appliances, 1768 kwh 13% Heating, 394 Therms 36% 0 Original Condition, 156% usage Benchmark Airseal Prototype, (baseline) Benchmark, 45.8% 12.4 savings savings 68F/78F, 49.4% savings 3.5 kw PV, 68.0% savings 7.0 kw PV, 78.7% savings Lighting, 1050 kwh 8% Hot Water, 172 Therms 15% Heating Hot Water Lighting Appliances Plug 14 Air barrier Air barrier 15 16 Air barrier Air barrier 17 18 Page 3 of 8
19 Drainage plane Drainage plane 20 Drainage plane 2007 21 Building Science Consulting Drainage plane 23 Thermal 24 Page 4 of 8
25 Thermal 26 Thermal 27 28 Thermal 29 Vapor barrier 30 Page 5 of 8
31 Vapor barrier Vapor barrier 32 New Windows Vapor barrier 33 Photos courtesy of Dan Morrison, Fine Homebuilding Magazine 34 New Windows Mechanical schematic 35 36 Page 6 of 8
37 Old Boiler to New Boiler plus air handlers, outside air intake, filtration, and exhaust at baths and kitchen 3: RENOVATION - BEDFORD, MA 38 39 40 Farm House Plans HFH Farmhouse Section 41 42 Page 7 of 8
2007 Bedford Farmhouse Energy Analysis Building Enclosure Roof Walls Foundation Windows Infiltration Mechanical systems Building America Characteristics Composition shingles with 15# underlayment 1/2" plywood with fully adhered membrane in 5' from edge 2 layers of 1.5" foil faced polyisocyanurate (R-20) 2x4 framing cellulose filled (R-14) 2" high density spray foam (R-13) with steel studs Replacement/New windows wood framed LoE 2.5 sq in leakage area per 100 sf envelope Total Source Energy Savings (H/C/DHW/Lights/Appliances/Plug) Incremental Annual Parametric over BA Item HERS Heating Run ID Description of change Benchmark 1 Over Bmrk energy cost Savings INDEX Design Design k/hr k/hr 0 2008 BA Benchmark $4,001 121.0 41.6 69.8 n/a n/a n/a 1 2008 BA Characteristics 49.1% n/a $2,192 $1,809 51.0 15.2 31.7 Benchmark Component Energy Use Heat 93% AFUE Furnace no cooling DHW Instantaneous Hot Water EF=0.82 Ducts R-4.2 flex runouts in unvented attic or in floor joists Leakage none to outside (5% or less) Ventilation Aprilaire VCS 8126 Supply-only system integrated with AHU 33% Duty Cycle: 10 minutes on; 20 minutes off, 50 CFM average flow Return Pathways Transfer grilles/jump ducts at bedrooms Lighting CFL lighting package all screw base Appliances Energy Star fridge, DW, clothes washer MEL, 53 Million Lighting, 30 Million DHW, 24 Million, 19 Million Heating DHW Lighting MEL Heating, 154 Million 2008 BA Characteristics Component Energy Use Heating, 6 Million DHW Lighting MEL, 50 Million MEL Heating, 64 Million Lighting, 10 Million DHW, 13 Million Building Science Consulting 44 45 Page 8 of 8