A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Savings from the sun: Passive solar design for institutional buildings
The buildings highlighted in this brochure testify to the wisdom of using the sun to integrate climate and comfort, while reducing the energy costs. The passive solar features in these buildings enable them to take advantage of natural processes of convection, conduction, and radiation with little or no assistance from pumps or fans. These buildings were constructed as part of a US Department of Energy (DOE) design, development, and field test program. The program was intended to study the potential of passive solar technologies to meet commercial and institutional building energy requirements. The 19 buildings included school, libraries, community and health care centers, office buildings, retail outlets, and airport terminals. One positive outcome of the program was the determination that energy needs in nonresidential buildings could be cut in half using various passive solar techniques, particularly daylighting. And most of the buildings cost no more to build than a conventionally built counterpart. In those cases where the construction cost did exceed that of a conventional buildings, it did so by no more than 10%. (ERA citation 16:000294)
Savings from the sun: Passive solar design for institutional buildings
The buildings highlighted in this brochure testify to the wisdom of using the sun to integrate climate and comfort, while reducing the energy costs. The passive solar features in these buildings enable them to take advantage of natural processes of convection, conduction, and radiation with little or no assistance from pumps or fans. These buildings were constructed as part of a US Department of Energy (DOE) design, development, and field test program. The program was intended to study the potential of passive solar technologies to meet commercial and institutional building energy requirements. The 19 buildings included school, libraries, community and health care centers, office buildings, retail outlets, and airport terminals. One positive outcome of the program was the determination that energy needs in nonresidential buildings could be cut in half using various passive solar techniques, particularly daylighting. And most of the buildings cost no more to build than a conventionally built counterpart. In those cases where the construction cost did exceed that of a conventional buildings, it did so by no more than 10%. (ERA citation 16:000294)
Savings from the sun: Passive solar design for institutional buildings
1990
12 pages
Report
No indication
English
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