Is Boston the New Memphis? Energy Modeling for an Uncertain Future with Ching-Wen Hsiao & Paul Eddowes

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ACEEE

Paper published as a part of ACEEE Summer Study 2024: Investigating the Impacts of Climate Change on an Affordable Multifamily Building in Boston, Massachusetts

LEED

Passive House

Energy Star

Enterprise Green Communities

Mass Save

Benchmarking: Measuring and tracking energy use in buildings to better understand energy performance compared to similar buildings

Building envelope: All building components separating indoors from outdoors. (Exterior walls, foundations, roof, windows, doors, etc.)

Heat island effect: When urban areas are hotter than the surrounding areas because they absorb and retain more heat and have fewer natural landscape features.

IES

Energy Plus

EQuest

Wufi Passive

Fraunhofer

HERS

Passive House Institute (PHI)

Phius

LITCH: Low-income Housing Tax Credit

Mass Save Passive House Construction Incentives

MA Specialized Opt-In Code

2050 Climate Goals in MA

BERDO

CMIP 6

Energy burden: the percentage of total income that is paid towards energy bills.

2003 power outage in the Northeast

Texas 2021 power outage

Electric resistance heating

Episode 5 about DHW

Smart grids

Microgrids

Phius Revive for existing buildings

Passive House/ Phius

Energy Star

LEED

Enterprise Green Communities

Mass Save

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