National energy savings potential in HUD-code housing from thermal envelope and HVAC equipment improvements

ASHRAE Transactions, July, 2007 by Robert Lucas, Philip Fairey, Robert Garcia, Michael Lubliner

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(1.) Conversations and email correspondence with R. Garcia, Fleetwood Housing Division, Riverside, CA, 2006.

Robert Lucas

Member ASHRAE

Philip Fairey

Member ASHRAE

Robert Garcia, PE

Member ASHRAE

Michael Lubliner

Member ASHRAE

Robert Lucas is a senior research engineer with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington. Philip Fairey is deputy director of the Florida Solar Energy Center in Cocoa, Florida. Robert Garcia is a senior engineer with Fleetwood Enterprises Housing Group in Riverside, California. Michael Lubliner is a building science specialist at the Washington State University Extension Energy Program in Olympia, Washington.