Location: Las Vegas, NV Units: 2 Single-family Homes Climate: Hot/Mixed Dry
Serving as a real-life laboratory for innovative research, two identical homes were built side by side: one using conventional methods and one with innovative new technologies. The prototype home is designed to save 92% on utility costs over Building America benchmark. By comparing these homes, BIRA will verify the ability of the new innovative technologies to save energy and shift peak cooling loads to later in the day, away from grid peak energy usage.
