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Abstract

Two Gainesville, FL builder case studies are presented that detail the critical elements of systems engineering process that has resulted in increased sales and fewer callbacks for several builders. Additional benefits these builders realized include enhanced customer satisfaction through improved comfort, improved indoor air quality and lower operating costs. Each of these paths. These two approaches will be described.

In the first case the builder elected to use an incremental approach towards the process of improvement over time. In the second case a comprehensive, as opposed to an incremental approach, reduced ongoing complications and provided a better opportunity to control costs, quality assurance and enhance profits.

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Panels of the 2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Panel 1. Residential Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Panel 2. Residential Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Panel 3. Commercial Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Panel 4. Commercial Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Panel 5. Utility Regulation and Competition: Incentives, Strategies, and Policies

Panel 6. Market Transformation: Designing for Lasting Change

Panel 7. Human and Social Dimensions of Energy Use: Trends and Their Implications

Panel 8. Changing the Climate for Energy Efficiency: Local, National, and International Policy Dimensions

Panel 9. Appliances, Lighting, Information Technologies, Consumer Electronics, and Miscellaneous End Uses

Panel 10. Roundtables and Interactive Sessions: Learning by Doing

Panel 11. Efficient Communities

Panel 12. Energy Conversations