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Solar building study. Summary report. St. Michael's Close, Harlow
Designed and developed by Harlow Council as an admirable attempt to reduce the energy consumption of its large housing stock, this building represents a quality alternative to the bland stereotype of local authority housing. Well liked for its appearances and other amenity benefits the building in practice is a failure. This failure, which manifests itself in extreme and unnecessary overheating of habitable areas of the building, originates in the lack of division between the conservatory and the rest of the building. Any condition that exists in the former area quickly transmits itself to the latter. The dropping of dividing doors and glazing, that would have enabled the isolation of the conservatory from adjacent habitable areas, was a decision made during the design stage on cost grounds for a saving of approximately 2000 pounds. (author)
Solar building study. Summary report. St. Michael's Close, Harlow
Designed and developed by Harlow Council as an admirable attempt to reduce the energy consumption of its large housing stock, this building represents a quality alternative to the bland stereotype of local authority housing. Well liked for its appearances and other amenity benefits the building in practice is a failure. This failure, which manifests itself in extreme and unnecessary overheating of habitable areas of the building, originates in the lack of division between the conservatory and the rest of the building. Any condition that exists in the former area quickly transmits itself to the latter. The dropping of dividing doors and glazing, that would have enabled the isolation of the conservatory from adjacent habitable areas, was a decision made during the design stage on cost grounds for a saving of approximately 2000 pounds. (author)
Solar building study. Summary report. St. Michael's Close, Harlow
1992
10 pages
Report
No indication
English
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