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Housing Energy Efficiency And Affordability Issues Affecting Low Income Residents In Gainesville Florida
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Book Synopsis Housing Energy Efficiency and Affordability Issues Affecting Low-income Residents in Gainesville, Florida by : Nicholas Wade Taylor
Download or read book Housing Energy Efficiency and Affordability Issues Affecting Low-income Residents in Gainesville, Florida written by Nicholas Wade Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For utilities, results of this research will assist in energy demand avoidance and reduction of carbon emissions to the environment and will serve as a basis for future energy efficiency research.
Book Synopsis Feasibility Analysis for the Development of Affordable Net-zero Energy Housing in Gainesville, Florida by : Brock A. Fleming
Download or read book Feasibility Analysis for the Development of Affordable Net-zero Energy Housing in Gainesville, Florida written by Brock A. Fleming and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: Creating affordable housing requires design professionals, contractors, developers, lenders, and homeowners to work together to create homes for the income categories that need them the most. The demand for affordable housing in Gainesville, Florida is extremely high with much of the existing stock in dire need of rehabilitation. (Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse 2007) The incorporation of energy efficient improvements into affordable housing is essential to lower the homeowner's monthly utility costs. The challenge exists in implementing strategies that are cost-effective without drastically increasing initial costs. This thesis studied the feasibility of creating an affordable net-zero energy home (ZEH) in Gainesville, Florida. The Neighborhood Housing and Development Corporation, a non-profit organization in Gainesville, has recently begun building affordable ENERGY STAR Qualified homes. These homes are required to use 15% less energy than a standard home built to code and have a program outline for achieving this increase in energy efficiency. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy 2009) One of their recently finished ENERGY STAR Qualified homes was chosen to be our baseline model to be upgraded to a ZEH.
Book Synopsis Mobilizing Energy Efficiency in the Manufactured Housing Sector by : Jacob Talbot
Download or read book Mobilizing Energy Efficiency in the Manufactured Housing Sector written by Jacob Talbot and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Manufactured homes are an important source of affordable housing for nearly seven million Americans, particularly low-income residents. Unfortunately, energy efficiency in manufactured homes lags behind that of site-built homes. This study examines the potential for and benefits of energy efficiency in manufactured homes. It assesses the current housing market, characterizes energy use, and analyzes the cost-effective potential for energy efficiency improvements throughout the manufactured housing sector. Results highlight substantial potential for programs and policies to mobilize energy efficiency in manufactured homes"--Publisher's description.
Book Synopsis Technological Innovation in Community Housing Development by :
Download or read book Technological Innovation in Community Housing Development written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community housing developers produce affordable housing and jobs for many residents of low-income neighborhoods through the rehabilitation of existing single and multi-family buildings. Typically operating as small, not-for-profits or community-based organizations, the vast numbers of community housing developers creates high coordinating costs of operating jointly to acquire the shared learning needed to implement new techniques, such as those involving energy efficiency. This paper presents a model of technology adoption that suggests that new profitable technologies will be adopted only with low probability and that strategic interaction between potential adopters further reduces the likelihood of adoption. These features result from the ability of potential adopters to postpone the bearing the costs of adoption of new technologies and their ability to share the knowledge of others who have adopted new technologies. These features are particularly characteristic of community housing developers.
Book Synopsis Affordable Energy Efficiency Practices for New Single Family Homes in Alachua County by : Christopher S. Hudson
Download or read book Affordable Energy Efficiency Practices for New Single Family Homes in Alachua County written by Christopher S. Hudson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: Energy efficiency practices are generally ignored in affordable housing because of the additional upfront costs for better materials, designs, and components. However, savings in energy often offsets the higher initial costs and can add value to the home, be cheaper to maintain, and reduce utility bills. Our objective was to explore best practices in energy efficiency for the Florida climate in an effort to create a net zero energy home and compare the additional costs to energy savings. Upgrades to the roof and overhangs, windows, insulation, hot water heater, paint, lights, major appliances, and adding solar panels were all looked at to determine if the added costs were worthwhile investments. Results show that all of the upgrades individually, with the exception of the roof and overhangs, windows, and washing machine, proved to be a good investment. Results of my study could help homeowners, contractors, and subcontractors justify additional costs in energy efficiency upgrades.
Book Synopsis Affordable Housing Through Energy Efficiency by :
Download or read book Affordable Housing Through Energy Efficiency written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this paper we evaluate a comprehensive retrofit and rehabilitation effort to improve the comfort, affordability, and energy efficiency of 336 low-income housing units. The units had complete shell retrofits, including new siding, air-infiltration barriers, new windows and doors, and both roof and foundation insulation. In addition, the existing electric-baseboard heating system was replaced with a new gas-fired boiler for each apartment. New programmable thermostats, refrigerators, and tenant education were also included in the retrofit package. The evaluation of the project included pre- and post-retrofit utility bill analysis, computer simulation to evaluate the cost and saving of the individual measures, and a comprehensive survey of the residents regarding their comfort, behavior, and satisfaction with the retrofits. The analysis has shown energy savings of more than 20% for the shell measures, with a reduction in utility bills of nearly 50% from the combined measures. The resident survey shows high tenant satisfaction with the retrofits.
Author :Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. School of Architecture. Experimental Low-Cost Construction Unit Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :142 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (247 download)
Book Synopsis Energy Efficient Technologies and Methodologies for Low Income Rural Housing by : Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. School of Architecture. Experimental Low-Cost Construction Unit
Download or read book Energy Efficient Technologies and Methodologies for Low Income Rural Housing written by Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. School of Architecture. Experimental Low-Cost Construction Unit and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Win-win-win? written by Helena Caswell and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large scale energy efficiency and electrification of the US residential sector are needed to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming below two degrees Celsius. Energy efficiency retrofits can also provide significant health and economic benefits, especially for low-income residents. These non-energy benefits are often excluded from policy analysis of energy efficiency programs because they are not well quantified, especially at a local level. In this thesis I quantify a subset of these public and private health benefits and develop a cost benefit analysis at the county level across the continental US of a retrofit policy for low-income households that includes electrification and efficiency measures. The retrofit policy yields a positive average net present value in 29\% of counties when considering only the private benefits of reduced energy consumption. However, retrofits yield positive net present value in all US counties when public and private health benefits are included. I also explored the potential impacts of a retrofit policy on household energy burden (household energy expenditures divided by household income). In most counties, retrofits would more than offset the additional cost of energy from a $51 per metric ton carbon price, the current social cost of carbon estimated by the federal government. The gap between public and private retrofit benefits prevents low-income households from implementing energy efficiency measures. Programs to subsidize low-income retrofits would reduce economic deadweight loss, climate emissions, and energy costs, while improving human health and wellbeing for low-income households that currently suffer disproportionately from inefficient housing.
Book Synopsis Affordable Energy-efficient New Housing Solutions by :
Download or read book Affordable Energy-efficient New Housing Solutions written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fixing Fuel Poverty by : Brenda Boardman
Download or read book Fixing Fuel Poverty written by Brenda Boardman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its publication in the early 90s, Brenda Boardman's Fuel Poverty has been the reference text for those wishing to learn about this complex subject. In this, its successor, she turns a critical eye to the new millennium and finds that the situation, while now more widely recognised, is far from having improved. The book begins by discussing the political awakening to the issue and exploring just who constitutes the fuel poor. It examines the factors that contribute to fuel poverty - low incomes, high fuel prices and poor quality housing - and looks at and evaluates the policies that have been employed to help reduce the problem. The latter part presents a detailed set of proposals based around long-term improvements in the housing stock that must be employed if we are to avoid a dire situation continuing to get worse. Based on detailed analysis of the situation in the UK, the growth of fuel poverty (sometimes called energy poverty) in other countries and the new focus in European policy makes the book timely and provides important lessons for those who now have to produce policies to tackle the issues.
Book Synopsis Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States by : United States. Congress. House
Download or read book Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 1646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House".
Download or read book Solar Today written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Foundation Grants Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 2480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Green Savings written by Marilyn A. Brown and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark work lauds the benefits of decreased energy consumption, investigating its relationship to public policy and analyzing its potential billion-dollar benefits to the U.S. economy. U.S. consumers tend to use energy indiscriminately—something they may no longer be able to do with impunity. This game-changing book asserts that reducing energy consumption should be a frontline strategy to address global climate change, threats to energy security, and the challenge of grid reliability. The book supports two bold arguments: that policies motivating greater investment in high energy efficiency should be a priority, and that energy efficiency can help the nation in times of crisis. To make their case for the necessity of prioritizing demand reduction, the authors examine the policies and markets operating in a number of leading cities, states, and nations across the globe to uncover the keys to their success. These examples show how demand-side strategies can significantly reduce pollution, cut costs, and make the electric grid more resilient. The authors explain why these technologies are not widely adopted and assess the potential savings they can produce. The book will be an eye-opener for policymakers, energy professionals, and the public as it demonstrates how cost-effective demand reduction policies can improve air quality, strengthen electricity markets, and generate jobs.
Author :Transportation Research Board Publisher :Transportation Research Board ISBN 13 :0309094984 Total Pages :269 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (9 download)
Book Synopsis Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity? by : Transportation Research Board
Download or read book Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity? written by Transportation Research Board and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2005-01-11 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRB Special Report 282: Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity? Examining the Evidence reviews the broad trends affecting the relationships among physical activity, health, transportation, and land use; summarizes what is known about these relationships, including the strength and magnitude of any causal connections; examines implications for policy; and recommends priorities for future research.
Book Synopsis Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor by : Judy L. Baker
Download or read book Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor written by Judy L. Baker and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The urban poor living in slums are at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. This study analyzes key issues affecting their vulnerability, with evidence from a number of cities in the developing world.
Download or read book Poverty Traps written by Samuel Bowles and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much popular belief--and public policy--rests on the idea that those born into poverty have it in their power to escape. But the persistence of poverty and ever-growing economic inequality around the world have led many economists to seriously question the model of individual economic self-determination when it comes to the poor. In Poverty Traps, Samuel Bowles, Steven Durlauf, Karla Hoff, and the book's other contributors argue that there are many conditions that may trap individuals, groups, and whole economies in intractable poverty. For the first time the editors have brought together the perspectives of economics, economic history, and sociology to assess what we know--and don't know--about such traps. Among the sources of the poverty of nations, the authors assign a primary role to social and political institutions, ranging from corruption to seemingly benign social customs such as kin systems. Many of the institutions that keep nations poor have deep roots in colonial history and persist long after their initial causes are gone. Neighborhood effects--influences such as networks, role models, and aspirations--can create hard-to-escape pockets of poverty even in rich countries. Similar individuals in dissimilar socioeconomic environments develop different preferences and beliefs that can transmit poverty or affluence from generation to generation. The book presents evidence of harmful neighborhood effects and discusses policies to overcome them, with attention to the uncertainty that exists in evaluating such policies.
