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Title: Lancaster County Career & Technology Center (LCCTC)
Start Date: December 2005
Estimated Completion Date June 2009
Builder: Lancaster County Career & Technology Center (LCCTC)
Description: Built by students, with a focus on green building and PATH Technology items.
Technologies Evaluated:
  • Advanced Framing Techniques: Optimum Value Engineering (OVE)
  • Cross-Linked Polyethylene (PEX) Water Supply Piping
  • Fiber-Cement Siding
  • Fly Ash Concrete
  • Insulating Concrete Forms (ICF)
  • Insulation Alternatives: Sprayed Fiber Insulation
  • Permeable Pavement
  • Rainwater Harvesting
  • Solar Water Heaters
  • Tubular Skylights
  • Whole-House Mechanical Ventilation Strategies
  • Xeriscaping
Title: Davis Construction
Start Date: May 1999
End Date: September 2002
Builder: Bruce Davis, Inc.
Description: Field Evaluation of these technologies: Fiber-Cement Siding, Insulating Concrete Form (ICF) Walls, Tankless Water Heater, Tubular Skylights, Mechanical Ventilation. Final Report (September 2002) available as pdf.
Technologies Evaluated:
  • Insulating Concrete Forms (ICF)
  • Tankless Water Heaters
  • Fiber-Cement Siding
  • Tubular Skylights
  • Whole-House Mechanical Ventilation Strategies
Title: Oakwood Homes
Start Date: July 2000
End Date: April 2002
Builder: Oakwood Homes of Denver
Description: Field Evaluation included construction techniques; installation costs; regulatory compliance issues; thermal performance, energy efficiency, durability, and market reaction. Interim Report available as pdf.
Technologies Evaluated:
  • Frost-Protected Shallow Foundations (FPSF)
  • Plumbing Manifolds
  • Cross-Linked Polyethylene (PEX) Water Supply Piping
  • Fiber-Cement Siding
  • Cellulose insulation
Title: MADE Project
Start Date: June 2000
End Date: March 2003
Builder: NAHB Research Center
Description: Marketable, Affordable, Durable, Entry-level (MADE) single-family detached homes; Field Evaluation of these technologies: fiber-cement siding, standing seam metal roofs, tankless water heaters, precast concrete foundation walls. Final Report (dated July 2003) available as pdf.
Technologies Evaluated:
  • Precast Concrete Foundation and Wall Panels
  • New Generation OSB Sub-flooring
  • Air Admittance Valves
  • Tankless Water Heaters
  • Structured Wiring Systems
  • Fiber-Cement Siding