Acknowledgement

This work is sponsored, in large part, by the US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program under cooperative agreement number DE-FC26--99GO10478. This support does not constitute an endorsement by DOE of the views expressed in this report. Additional funding was provided by the Florida Department of Community Affairs and the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance. Their support is appreciated.

The authors appreciate the encouragement and support from George James, Ed Pollock, and Chris Early, program personnel at DOE, Keith Bennett, project officer in Golden, Colorado and Bill Haslebacher, project officer at the National Energy Technology Laboratory. We also are grateful to our colleagues Philip Fairey, and Safvat Kalaghchy for advice and assistance. Thanks to project staff (Bob Abernethy, Mable Flumm, Wanda Dutton, Rafik Alidina and Joy Mayne) and students (Matt Lombardi, Mike McCloud, and Matt McCloud) for their contributions.

This work could not have been completed without the active cooperation of our industry partners and all collaborators. We greatly appreciate their support.

BAIHP researchers and staff in front of the Manufactured Housing Lab at FSEC (Back row from left to right.) Neil Moyer, Subrato Chandra, Mike Mullens, Wanda Dutton, David Beal, Dave Chasar, Rafik Alidina, Ross McCluney. (Front row from left to right.) John Sherwin, Bob Abernethy, Danny Parker, Janet McIlvaine.