The National Team of United States of America
National Team members
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Van Baxter, Team Leader
Residential Building and Equipment Research Engineering Science and Technology Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory P.O. Box 2008, Building 3147 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6070 Tel.: 865-574-2104 Fax: 865-574-9338 baxtervd @ ornl.gov |
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Melissa Voss Lapsa, Team Coordinator
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Program One Bethel Valley Road PO Box 2008 Oak Ridge TN 37831-6183 Tel.: +1-865-576-8620 Fax: +1-865-574-9331 Email: lapsamv @ ornl.gov
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Activities within the National Team
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Diagnostic and real-time monitoring tools
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Design tool for heat pumps and air conditioners
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Improvements in supermarket refrigeration
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Frostless heat pump
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Thermally activated heat pumps
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Residential thermal distribution
Meetings are held 2-3 times per year.
The work has incuded/includes:
Annex 25: Year round Space Conditioning using Heat Pumps U.S.
Phase I report completed.
Annex 26: Advanced Supermarket Refrigeration (Completed)
U.S. operating agent (http://www.ornl.gov/estd/annex26)
Annex 27: CO2 as a Working Fluid in Compression Systems
U.S. project 1: Evaporative heat transfer (NIST)
U.S. project 2: Automotive Air-conditioning (ACRC)
Annex 28: Test procedure and seasonal performance calculation for residential heat pumps with combined space and domestic hot water heating
U.S. project: Evaluation of ASHRAE 137; ARI 470
Annex 29: Ground-Source Heat Pumps: Overcoming Market and Technical Barriers
U.S. project 1: State-of-the art, market analysis [from EIA, Geo-Heat Center, IGSHPA (OK), HP Consortium (Md)]
U.S. project 2: Analysis of systems
Annex 31: Advanced Modeling and Tools for Analysis of Energy Use in Supermarkets
Annex 32: Economical Heating and Cooling Systems for Low Energy Houses
Annex 33: Compact Heat Exchangers in Heat Pumping Equipment
Projects of interest in United States of America
Space heating and cooling use 46% of all energy consumed in U.S. residential buildings. Benefits of advanced technology do not stop with energy and cost savings, but extend to environmental protection and health. For example, new technologies are minimizing environmental impacts related to refrigerants, and more effective ventilation and space conditioning are demonstrating the potential to enhance the health and productivity of building occupants by improving air quality.
Further information
http://www.ornl.gov/estd/usiea
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