Retrofit solutions and strategies to make homes more resilient to extreme heat

Heat waves are becoming more frequent and more intense, while the grid is showing signs of vulnerability. How can we retrofit our homes to be more resilient to extreme heat? What other benefits occur when a house is more resilient?

All Research Projects

Scale-up Building Retrofits

District energy forecast and controls

Energy storage to reduce energy bills and decrease vulnerability

Resilient Community Hub

Neighborhood-scale demonstration in rural Colorado

Building Envelopes

Design of attainable housing maximizing ponderosa pine cross-laminated timber

Laboratory and field characterization of ponderosa pine mass timber envelopes

Instrumentation and benefit quantification of mass timber buildings

Space-constrained Housing

Controls to maximize heat pump water heater potential

New heat pump water heater for space-constrained housing

Resilient and flexible housing retrofit solutions

Retrofit solutions and strategies to make homes more resilient to extreme heat