News | July 13, 2020 by

Heart of a Building chooses Slipstream to disseminate documentary stories far and wide

Colorado-based Heart of a Building (HoB) and Colorado State University (CSU) chose Slipstream to deliver a series of technical online courses to Slipstream’s and the U.S. Green Building Council’s audience of architects, engineers, and other building professionals. HoB and CSU will create videos of building case studies that focus on ways buildings are transforming from the places we inhabit to spaces in harmony with nature. More

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Publication | July 1, 2020 by

Low-Income Multifamily Weatherization Health and Resilience Impacts

We know that weatherization produces measurable health benefits for residents of single-family homes. Is the same true for multifamily buildings? With funding from the JPB Foundation, Three3 and Slipstream are conducting a multi-year study to quantify the health and resilience benefits of weatherizing multifamily buildings. More

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Publication | June 24, 2020 by

Residential Building Energy Efficiency Field Studies: Low-Rise Multifamily

Slipstream was a member of the Ecotope team that undertook a four-state assessment of energy code compliance in low-rise multifamily buildings for the Department of Energy. Low-rise multifamily buildings straddle the code for single-family homes and commercial buildings, which complicates code compliance. Our assessment provides insights on how the energy code gets interpreted and applied in low-rise multifamily buildings. This insight into actual practice will inform program design for compliance programs. More

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Publication | June 6, 2020 by

Assessment of Persistence of Energy Savings under Wisconsin’s Home Energy Plus Weatherization Program

This report analyzes the persistence of energy savings from the Wisconsin Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), Home Energy Plus. Persistence is defined as the extent to which normalized annual energy consumption (NAC) savings are maintained over time. This report answers the question: does NAC stabilize at a new lower level following weatherization and for how long? More

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News | June 1, 2020 by Joe Zhou

Texas A&M University partners with Slipstream to improve ASHRAE’s Advanced Energy Design Guide Series

Texas A&M University chose Slipstream to partner on a two-year ASHRAE research project to optimize supply air temperature control for dedicated outdoor air systems (DOAS). The goal of this project is to develop optimal control strategies for commercial building dedicated outdoor air systems. This will help utilities achieve their energy saving goals and help government and facility managers save energy - and costs. More