Example sentences for: single-family

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  • - What are the magnitude and distribution of public health benefits associated with hypothetically retrofitting single-family homes with insulation at IECC 2000 levels when necessary?

  • To quantify energy consumption under current conditions and given insulation increased to IECC 2000 levels, we applied regression models we developed originally for our new housing investigation [ 7 ] . We simulated prototype single-family homes in a number of different cities and applied the energy model REM/Design (Architectural Energy Corporation, Boulder, CO) to estimate energy consumption given home configuration, climate, and insulation levels.

  • We determined that increasing insulation from current practice to the latest International Energy Conservation Code (IECC 2000) levels for all single-family homes built from 2001 to 2010 would save 300 TBTU (3 × 10 14British Thermal Units) during the ten-year period (5 TBTU for the annual housing output per year).

  • On average, 63% of single-family homes had adequate or poor insulation.

  • There are approximately 1.2 million new single-family homes built each year [ 8 ] , but the existing housing stock consists of more than 75 million single-family homes.


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