About Energy+ Project Case Studies
From 2019 to 2022 the Energy+ project conducted a pilot project to improve the energy efficiency of affordable housing in the Borough of State College. The results of that pilot project were compiled into a series of case studies about each energy efficiency focused renovation.
The Energy+ project was born out of the State College Community Land Trust's GreenBuild project, a project to build a net- zero energy pair of homes completed in 2018. Whereas GreenBuild was a showcase to build energy efficient affordable housing, the Energy+ partners, consisting of The State College Borough Planning Office, The HOME Foundation, State College Community Land Trust, The Pennsylvania Housing Research Center and the Hamer Center for Community Design, wanted to explore ways to improve the energy efficiency of existing affordable housing.
In 2019 the Energy+ pilot project received a grant from the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund (WPPSEF) to evaluate the energy savings incurred by renovations at 15 homes. Over the past 3 years, the affordable housing programs performed energy audits on each property to inform which renovations would take place. Post-renovation blower door tests provided researchers with data to complete energy models for each site. Those energy models and records of the renovations at each home form the basis of the case study documents.
The Energy+ project was born out of the State College Community Land Trust's GreenBuild project, a project to build a net- zero energy pair of homes completed in 2018. Whereas GreenBuild was a showcase to build energy efficient affordable housing, the Energy+ partners, consisting of The State College Borough Planning Office, The HOME Foundation, State College Community Land Trust, The Pennsylvania Housing Research Center and the Hamer Center for Community Design, wanted to explore ways to improve the energy efficiency of existing affordable housing.
In 2019 the Energy+ pilot project received a grant from the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund (WPPSEF) to evaluate the energy savings incurred by renovations at 15 homes. Over the past 3 years, the affordable housing programs performed energy audits on each property to inform which renovations would take place. Post-renovation blower door tests provided researchers with data to complete energy models for each site. Those energy models and records of the renovations at each home form the basis of the case study documents.
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