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Title: Asdal Builders
Start Date: September 1999
EndDate: May 2002
Builder: Asdal Builders
Description: Energy Retrofit of Single-Family Detached Home. Onsite monitoring and computer modeling. High-Efficiency Air Conditioners Without CFCs, High-Efficiency Refrigerators, Radiant Barrier, Vertical Axis (Top-loading) Energy-Saving Clothes Washers, White LED Lighting. Final Report (date May 2002) available as pdf.
Technologies Evaluated:
  • Radiant Barriers
  • Programmable Thermostats
  • White LED Lighting
  • High-Efficiency Refrigerators
  • Vertical Axis (Top-loading) Energy-Saving Clothes Washers
  • High Efficiency Air Conditioners without HCFC
Title: Attextor Corporation
Start Date: June 2003
EndDate: November 2003
Builder: Site 1: Haseko Homes with S&G Construction for panelization.
Site 2: Hunt Building Company
Description: Field Evaluation of these technologies: Light gauge steel framing and clinching tool for connections. Potential applications, cost, and labor savings associated with clinching of cold-formed steel for home construction. Final Report (dated November 2003) available as pdf.
Technologies Evaluated:
  • Steel Framing Connections - Clinching
Title: Chapman Companies
Start Date: August 2000
EndDate: October 2004
Builder: Mike Chapman
Description: Field Evaluation of these technologies: Water conservation: Gray Water Reuse, Rainwater Harvesting, and Xeriscaping. Air Admittance Valves (AAVs). Final Report (dated October 2004) available as pdf.
Technologies Evaluated:
  • Air Admittance Valves
  • Greywater Reuse
  • Rainwater Harvesting
Title: Community Development Corporation
Start Date: August 2005
EndDate: March 2006
Builder: Community Development Corporation
Description: Field Evaluation of these technologies: Comparative Analysis of a Freus Evaporative Condenser with a High-Performance Air Cooled Condenser
Technologies Evaluated:
  • Freus Evaporative Condenser
Title: J. W. Miller Companies - Armory Park del Sol
Start Date: August 2000
EndDate: April 2004
Builder: John Wesley Miller Companies
Description: Field Evaluation of these technologies: Photovoltaic Electrical Generation, Solar with Tankless Water Heaters, Energy Efficient Building Construction, Zero Energy Home. Interim Report (dated April 2004) available as pdf.
Technologies Evaluated:
  • Cross-Linked Polyethylene (PEX) Water Supply Piping
  • Full Spectrum Fluorescent Lamps
  • Photovoltaic (PV) Roofing
  • Rainwater Harvesting
  • Solar Water Heaters
  • Tankless Water Heaters
  • Xeriscaping
Title: Oakwood Homes
Start Date: July 2000
EndDate: 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: Shea Homes
Start Date: March 2001
EndDate: October 2003
Builder: Shea Homes San Diego
Description: Field Evaluation of these technologies: Energy-Efficient Construction, Photovoltaic Electrical Generation, Radiant Barrier Roof Sheathing, Solar Water Heating, Thermostatic Expansion Valves, Tankless Water Heaters. Final Report (dated October 2003) available as pdf.
Technologies Evaluated:
  • Radiant Barriers
  • Solar Water Heaters
  • Photovoltaic (PV) Roofing