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Description and Comparison of the Results of the Proposed House: Habitat for Humanity at Frazier Court, Dallas, Texas, with the 2004 IECC Standard Reference House
Abstract
The Energy Systems Laboratory was requested to calculate the emissions reductions associated
with the Habitat for Humanity Housing Project at Frazier Court, Dallas Texas. This report presents the
results of the required analysis, a set of houses was compared to a corresponding standard reference house
as described in the 2004 International Energy Conservation Code (2004 IECC). The energy consumption
calculations were carried out using DOE-2.1e input file RES3ST.inp (Version 4.01.07) and DDP
(Version: 1.7.03). Based on this comparison, the % above/below code for the proposed house was
determined. The resultant emissions calculations were carried out using eCALC software (ESL, 2006).
This report also contains detailed information about the description of the proposed house in terms of its
building parameters, resultant energy consumption and emission reductions. Calculations are carried out
using TMY2 weather file for Tarrant County, TX which is in climate zone 3 of the IECC 2004 climate
zone categories. For the 1285 sq. ft. houses, the energy consumption of the Habitat for Humanity houses
is in the range of 10.3% - 11.7% above code and for the 843 sq. ft. houses, the energy consumption is in
the range of 20.9% - 21.4% below code. The HERS ratings calculated by IC3 is in the range of 71.7–
74.2 for the 1285 sq. ft. houses and in the range of 79.4 – 80.6 for the 843 sq. ft. houses.
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Citation
Mukhopadhay, J.; Baltazar, J. C.; Liu, Z.; Haberl, J. S.; Culp, C.; Yazdani, B. (2010). Description and Comparison of the Results of the Proposed House: Habitat for Humanity at Frazier Court, Dallas, Texas, with the 2004 IECC Standard Reference House. Energy Systems Laboratiry. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /148725.