Suite of Homes Representing The U.S. Housing Stock.
Suite of Homes Representing The U.S. Housing Stock.
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Persily, A. K.; Leber, D.
Ventilation, Humidity Control and Energy Proceedings.
Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC)
Conference and Building Environment and Thermal Envelope
Council (BETEC) Conference, 24th. Proceedings.
(International Energy Agency (IEA) Energy Conservation
in Buildings and Community Systems Program. Annex V: Air
Infiltration and Ventilation Centre.) October 14, 2003,
Washington, DC, 15-20 pp, 2003.
Keywords:
housing; databases; modeling; residential buildings;
ventilation; manufactured housing; apartments; single
family housing
Abstract:
In order to facilitate nationwide analysis of
ventilation and indoor air quality issues in residential
buildings, a set of homes has been defined to represent
the housing stock of the United States. This so-called
suite of homes is based on two residential housing
surveys, the U.S. Department of Energy Residential
Energy Consumptions Survey (RECS) and the U.S. Census
Bureau American Housing Survey (AHS). The RECS dataset
includes about 6,000 U.S. residences and the AHS covers
about 60,000 and are intended to periodically assess
various characteristics of the U.S. housing stock. Based
on these datasets, about 175 buildings were defined that
represent approximately 75% of the U.S. housing stock,
and just over 200 to represent 80%. These buildings are
grouped into four categories: detached, attached (e.g.
row houses), manufactured homes and apartment buildings.
This paper describes the RECS and AHS datasets and how
they were used to define this suite of homes. Among the
key characteristics addressed in defining these homes
are age, floor area, number of floors, foundation type
and presence of a garage. As an extension of this
effort, these homes will be setup in the multizone
airflow model CONTAMW and made available for analyzes of
residential ventilation, energy and indoor air quality
issues.
