ENERGY AND WATER PERFORMANCE OF AN OFF-GRID TINY HOUSE IN CALIFORNIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 111-134
Author(s):  
Alana Bowen Siegner ◽  
Brett Webster ◽  
Ian Bolliger ◽  
Daniel M. Kammen
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Water Efficiency ◽  
Equity Issues ◽  
Energy Management Systems ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Home Energy Management ◽  
And Performance

ABSTRACT The impetus for buildings to decarbonize and move towards radical energy and water efficiency is increasingly strong and identified as a priority within the green building sector. The tiny house movement offers an opportunity to both address the challenges of affordable housing and contribute to residential building decarbonization. Tiny houses de-emphasize mass consumption and excessive belongings and have potential to address equity issues such as gentrification by providing living spaces to low-income residents in desirable housing locations. This paper analyzes the Tiny House in My Backyard (THIMBY) project, investigating building sustainability concepts through the design-build-occupy process in a three-year-old structure. THIMBY demonstrates energy and water efficiency technologies inside an award-winning small living space (18.5 m2). THIMBY was designed to reduce energy and water use by 87 and 82% compared to California residential averages. In practice, it has reduced site energy by 88% and has emitted 96% fewer carbon emissions than a 2100 square foot California Energy Commission 2016 Title 24 minimally compliant home. We discuss the differences between design and performance of energy and water systems, which we find offer important lessons for the further expansion of the tiny house movement and other alternative and micro green housing types. We find that optimizing such houses through integration of energy and water saving technologies, home energy management systems, and strong communication between modelers, builders and occupants will be essential to achieving dramatic energy (87%), water (82%), and carbon (96%) savings.

scholarly journals A Concept of Value and Sustainable Performance On Affordable High-Rise Residential Decision

2018 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 02013
Author(s):  
Christiono Utomo ◽  
Suhartono ◽  
Yani Rahmawati
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Efficient Design ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Residential Design ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Cost Of Energy

The need of residential space for low-income people has to be facilitated in urban spatial planning. Because of people will find affordable settlements in the suburbs so their daily mobility will cause congestion. In addition, the inadequate need for a place for low-income households will result in the proliferation of slums in the middle of the city. The goal of this research is to develop an optimal model in generating affordable high-rise residential design performance to improve the environmental quality and sustainability of urban spatial. The object study is a public housing as an affordable housing and formal settlement. When the cost of energy rises and availability decreasing, the need to provided energy-efficient design become more important. It is difficult to quantify and qualify the importance of values. This paper presents value-based decision to select energy system in an affordable high-rise residential building. Criteria for evaluating value are initial cost, life cycle cost, collaborative function, sustainable function, and integrative function. Model formulates, and its implementation based on application of satisficing option on multi criteria decision-making. Commencing at the design and planning stage, the technical, social, and economic sustainability of building energy needs to be considered.

scholarly journals A biased load manager home energy management system for low-cost residential building low-income occupants

Energy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 150 ◽  
pp. 822-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chukwuka G. Monyei ◽  
Aderemi O. Adewumi ◽  
Daniel Akinyele ◽  
Olubayo M. Babatunde ◽  
Michael O. Obolo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Management ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Management System ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Energy Management System ◽  
Home Energy Management ◽  
Home Energy Management System

Environmental Impacts Analysis for Affordable Housing

2012 ◽  
Vol 209-211 ◽  
pp. 221-224
Author(s):  
Xiao Mei Guo ◽  
Yu Xing Lin ◽  
Fan Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Building Industry ◽  
Green Policy ◽  
Life Cycle Perspective ◽  
The Cost

The building industry has consumed a large portion of resources, and is responsible for most pollution. So many efforts have been taken to push the industry green, including green building. However, such practice is costly, which makes it unpractical for low income buyers. Hence, other measures should be taken when construct affordable buildings, so that the environmental impacts can be mitigate while the cost is still kept within the budgets. In this article, the authors carried out a particular study on a construction project targeted at low income people to assess its environmental impacts from the life cycle perspective, with the objective to identify the largest environmental impacts and take measures to control them. Cost and benefits for related measures were also analyzed. Results shows that green policy can also be applied to affordable housing. Both targets of environmental performance and cost budget can be met.

scholarly journals The Potential of Advanced Placement to Improve College Outcomes and Narrow Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities

2021 ◽  
pp. 1932202X2110186
Author(s):  
Sarah Fierberg Phillips ◽  
Brett Lane
Keyword(s):  
Advanced Placement ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Latino Students ◽  
Socioeconomic Disparities ◽  
Low Income Students ◽  
College Outcomes ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Racial Ethnic ◽  
Better Than

The U.S. economy requires a highly educated workforce, yet too few black, Latino, and low-income students attend, persist, and graduate from college. The present study examines the college outcomes of participants in a model Advanced Placement® (AP) intervention to shed light on its effectiveness and determine whether improving AP participation and performance is a promising strategy for closing persistent racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in college outcomes. Findings suggest the college outcomes of program participants are better than those of similar students statewide while also highlighting variation within and across subgroups. At the same time, they confirm that AP participation and performance predict college outcomes and suggest that improving AP participation and performance among low-income white, black, and Latino students could be a useful strategy for closing persistent racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in college outcomes.

scholarly journals Affordable Housing for Low-Income Communities: Between Residental and Investment

2021 ◽  
Vol 738 (1) ◽  
pp. 012059
Author(s):  
S Sunarti ◽  
N Yuliastuti ◽  
W Prananingtyas ◽  
L A Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income

scholarly journals A Pharmacist-Led Medication Coaching Program Serving Senior Residents of Low-Income Housing

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 761-762
Author(s):  
Jennifer Bacci ◽  
Joshua Akers ◽  
Katie Mahan ◽  
Geoffrey Meer ◽  
Jeffrey Kinter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Organization Structure ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Service Process ◽  
Process Outcomes

Abstract In 2015, one independent community pharmacy partnered with the local Area Agency on Aging to provide medication coaching to low-income, culturally diverse, older adults living in 6 affordable housing buildings in the Seattle area. A pilot was conducted during the 2015-2016 fiscal year to determine the need for and feasibility of the service. Process outcomes, including patient and service demographics, medication-related problems, and pharmacist interventions, were captured via the pharmacists’ patient care documentation. Pharmacists had 34 total visits with 17 unique residents who were taking an average of 8.1 medications. Pharmacists identified 97 medication-related problems, averaging 5.7 problems per resident, and performed 88 interventions, averaging 5.2 interventions per resident. The findings of this pilot demonstrated the needs and feasibility of implementing pharmacists’ services within a housing organization structure and has resulted in the continuation and growth of the program.

scholarly journals Energy Rating of Buildings to Promote Energy-Conscious Design in Israel

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Abraham Yezioro ◽  
Isaac Guedi Capeluto
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Basic Unit ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Design Decision ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
New Buildings

Improving the energy efficiency of existing and new buildings is an important step towards achieving more sustainable environments. There are various methods for grading buildings that are required according to regulations in different places for green building certification. However, in new buildings, these rating systems are usually implemented at late design stages due to their complexity and lack of integration in the architectural design process, thus limiting the available options for improving their performance. In this paper, the model ENERGYui used for design and rating buildings in Israel is presented. One of its main advantages is that it can be used at any design stage, including the early ones. It requires information that is available at each stage only, as the additional necessary information is supplemented by the model. In this way, architects can design buildings in a way where they are aware of each design decision and its impact on their energy performance, while testing different design directions. ENERGYui rates the energy performance of each basic unit, as well as the entire building. The use of the model is demonstrated in two different scenarios: an office building in which basic architectural features such as form and orientation are tested from the very beginning, and a residential building in which the intervention focuses on its envelope, highlighting the possibilities of improving their design during the whole design process.

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