The Building America Industrialized Housing Partnership (BAIHP) team is one of five Building America teams competitively funded by the US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy-Building Technologies program.

BAIHP Goals

• Perform cost shared research to reduce the energy cost of housing by 30% to 70% while enhancing indoor air quality, durability, resource efficiency and marketability.
  
  
• Assist in the construction of thousands of energy-efficient industrialized houses annually and commercialize innovations.
  
  
• Make our partners pleased and proud to be working with us.

BAIHP History

BAIHP began work on September 1, 1999 with a focus on improving energy efficiency, durability, and indoor air quality of new industrialized housing. DOE funding for the project has been supplemented by cost share funding from the Florida Energy Office (now defunct) of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), and many Industry Partners. FSEC, a research institute of the University of Central Florida (UCF), serves as the project prime contractor bringing decades of application-oriented energy research and industry consulting together with researchers from around the country.

The project focuses on effectively balancing cost, design, construction, and energy decisions to develop customized solutions for our team members.

The Building America Industrialized Housing Partnership brings practical research expertise to America's Home Building Industry.

BAIHP Activities

	1. Research, Development and Testing - Publications | Current Data | Researchers Develop climate appropriate super efficient HUD code houses, conduct field monitoring to document energy and indoor air quality performance, research ventilation issues, evaluate new products and components, solar building technologies and disaster resistant housing strategies.
	2. Partnerships Form partnerships with HUD code and production builders, non-profits and others to construct thousands of energy efficient homes.
	3. Innovations in Manufacturing Technologies and Technical Assistance Analyze factory and site construction processes to improve productivity and energy efficiency.
	4. Education Develop and maintain a web page, offer educational courses and hands on training and participate in collaborative activities.