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  title info:
    non sort: An
    title: analysis of maximum residential energy-efficiency in hot and humid climates
  name:
    name part: Malhotra, Mini, 1975-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Haberl, Jeff S.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2006
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: remote
  abstract: Energy-efficient building design involves minimizing the energy use and optimizing the performance of individual systems and components of the building. The benefits of energy-efficient design, in the residential sector, are direct and tangible, provided that design strategies with a substantial combined energy and cost-saving potential are adopted. Many studies have been performed to evaluate the energy-saving potential and the cost effectiveness of various design options, and to identify conditions for optimizing the performance of building systems and components. The results of these studies, published in various resources,were analyzed discretely using different techniques, and were reported using different bases for comparison. Considering the complex interaction of, and energy flows through various building components, it is difficult to directly compare/combine the results from various studies to determine the energy-saving potential of combination of strategies, and to select an appropriate set of strategies for making design decisions. Therefore, this thesis develops a comprehensive survey and analysis of energy-efficient design strategies and their energy-saving potential, in isolation as well as in combination, using a DOE-2 simulation model of a prototype house in the hot and humid climate of Houston, Texas. Optimized strategies that included building configuration, materials/ assembly for building envelop components, and efficient mechanical and electrical systems, equipment and appliances, were applied in combination that could minimize the annual energy use. Application of these strategies is expected to allow downsizing systems and equipment and to confirm their operationat their rated performance, resulting in additional installation and operation cost savings. The study is concluded by outlining the procedures for selecting optimized set of strategies, and by developing guidelines for achieving maximum energy-efficiency in single familydetached hou…
  note: by Mini Malhotra.
  note: "Major Subject: Architecture"
  note: Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created on Apr. 14, 2006.)
  note: Vita.
  note: Abstract.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  note: System requirements: World Wide Web access and Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  note: M. S. Texas A&M University 2005.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Thesis).
  subject:
    topic: Major architecture
  subject:
    topic: Hot and Humid Climates
  subject:
    topic: Energy-Efficiency
  subject:
    topic: Energy-Efficient Residence
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/3097
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 060605
    record change date: 20151103163541.0
    record identifier: in00002163944