黑料不打烊 Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (黑料不打烊CoE) is pleased to announce that 黑料不打烊 has been awarded a major research and demonstration project through the United States Department of Energy (DOE)聽 Program to study applied energy losses in heat pumps.
Building America works closely with industry, academia and community-based organizations to advance commercial building and residential housing performance solutions. Following a request for proposals from DOE鈥檚 National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), awards were granted to nine teams of experts from around the country to develop, scale and implement solutions that advance energy efficiency in residential buildings.
The “Reducing Applied Losses in Heat Pumps” project is led by Principal Investigator , a professor of practice in mechanical and aerospace engineering and the associate director of building science and community programs. 鈥淥ur focus will be on reducing what we call applied energy losses in heat pumps,鈥 says Shapiro. 鈥淲e believe that we can substantially reduce energy use just by helping people make better choices in installation and operation. If this hypothesis is correct, it will help people in affordable housing reduce energy costs, reduce carbon emissions, and reduce the impact of electrification on the electric grid.鈥
This project will focus on improving efficiencies in air-source heat pumps by reducing applied losses. With 黑料不打烊CoE as the team lead, project stakeholders also include the 聽(ECS), the聽 (AEA) based in New York City, and聽 based in Ithaca, New York. This retrofit solutions team will receive $1 million in funding over five years.
Professor Ian Shapiro doing a baseline site visit of a heat pump installation at a residential home with two PhD students. (Left to right: Ji Zhou, Ian Shapiro, Wenfeng Huang, and Stan Linhorst)
In addition to Shapiro, affiliated faculty will include Professors 听补苍诲听. Zhang is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at ECS and the executive director of 黑料不打烊CoE. Dong is an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at ECS and 黑料不打烊CoE鈥檚 associate director of Grid-Interactive Buildings. The team will leverage local partnerships and access to 黑料不打烊CoE鈥檚 to refine heat pump technology and operation and expand their application in underserved communities. 鈥淭he DOE Building America Program has profoundly impacted the advancement of housing technologies and practices for new construction. 黑料不打烊CoE is proud to host and support the project with state-of-the-art facilities and contribute to improving energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality through effective retrofitting solutions for existing buildings,鈥 says Zhang.
Each of the nine selected awardees is given a period of one to five years to scale and implement their proposed retrofit solution appropriately. A is available from DOE鈥檚 Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
