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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 119 375 EA 008 015 TITLE. Solar Heating/Cooling of Buildings: Current Building Community Projects. An Interim Report. INSTITUTION National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, D.C. Building Research Advisory Board. PUB DATE 74 NOTE 46p.; Prepared by the Committee on Solar Energy in the Heating and Cooling of Buildings AVAILABLE FROM The Executive Director, Building Research Advisory Board, Commission on Sociotechnical Systems, National- R-asearch Council, 2101 Constitution Avenge, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418 ($2.50) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.83 HC-$2.06 Plus Postage DESCRIPTORS Air Conditioning; *Architectural Research; *Building Innovation; Business; *Energy Conservation; Heating; Mechanical Equipment; *Performance Specifications; Private Financial Support; Program Descriptions; *Solar Radiation ABSTRACT Projects being carried out by the private sector involving the use of solar energy for heating and cooling buildings are profiled in this report. A substantial portion of the data were collected from a broad cross-section of the building community. Data collection efforts also involved the canvassing of the nearly 200 trade and professional societies and organizations representing the various segments of the building community. Each project profile identifies, when possible, the status of the activity, the principal person to be contacted for further information, and other support personnel. An index of projects, organizations, and project personnel is included. (Author/MLF) *********************************************************************** Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * * via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is not * responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original. ***********************************************************************

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DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 119 375 EA 008 015

TITLE. Solar Heating/Cooling of Buildings: Current BuildingCommunity Projects. An Interim Report.

INSTITUTION National Academy of Sciences - National ResearchCouncil, Washington, D.C. Building Research AdvisoryBoard.

PUB DATE 74NOTE 46p.; Prepared by the Committee on Solar Energy in

the Heating and Cooling of BuildingsAVAILABLE FROM The Executive Director, Building Research Advisory

Board, Commission on Sociotechnical Systems, National-R-asearch Council, 2101 Constitution Avenge, N.W.,Washington, D.C. 20418 ($2.50)

EDRS PRICE MF-$0.83 HC-$2.06 Plus PostageDESCRIPTORS Air Conditioning; *Architectural Research; *Building

Innovation; Business; *Energy Conservation; Heating;Mechanical Equipment; *Performance Specifications;Private Financial Support; Program Descriptions;*Solar Radiation

ABSTRACTProjects being carried out by the private sector

involving the use of solar energy for heating and cooling buildingsare profiled in this report. A substantial portion of the data werecollected from a broad cross-section of the building community. Datacollection efforts also involved the canvassing of the nearly 200trade and professional societies and organizations representing thevarious segments of the building community. Each project profileidentifies, when possible, the status of the activity, the principalperson to be contacted for further information, and other supportpersonnel. An index of projects, organizations, and project personnelis included. (Author/MLF)

***********************************************************************Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished

* materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort ** to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal *

* reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality *

* of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available *

* via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is not* responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions ** supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original.***********************************************************************

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,EDUCATION I WELFARENATIONAL INSTIT1TE OF

EDUCATIONTHIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROMTHE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN.

SOLAR HEATING/COOLINGATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONSSTATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE-SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OFEDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY.

OF BUILDINGS:

Current Building Community Projects

An Interim Report

Prepared by theCommittee onSolar Energy in the Heating and Cooling of Buildingsof theBuilding Research Advisory BoardCommission on Sociotechnical SystemsNational Research Council

a)National Academy of SciencesWashington, D. C.1974

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NOTICE: The project which is the subject of thisreport was approved by the Governing Board of theNational Research Council, acting in behalf of theNational Academy of Sciences. Such approvalreflects the Board's judgment that the project isof national importance and appropriate with respectto both the purpose and resources of the NationalResearch Council.

The members of the committee selected to undertakethis project and prepare this report were chosenfor recognized scholarly competence and with dueconsideration for the balance of disciplinesappropriate to the project. Responsibility for the

detailed aspects of this report rests with thatcommittee.

Each report issuing from a study committee of theNational Research Council is reviewed by anindependent group of qualified individualsaccording to procedures established and monitoredby the Report Review Committee of the NationalAcademy of Sciences. Distribution of the reportis approved, by the President of the Academy, uponsatisfactory completion of the review process.

This is a report of work under Contract No. C-310,Task Order No. 283, between the National ScienceFoundation and the National Academy of Sciences.

Reproduction in whole or in part is permitted forany purpose of the United States Government.

Inquiries concerning this publication should beaddressed to: The Executive Director, BuildingResearch Advisory Board, Commission onSociotechnical Systems, National Research Council,2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.20418.

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BRAG COMMITTEE ON SOLAR ENERGY

IN THE HEATING AND COOLING

OF BUILDINGS

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:.P h , Assatv,, her. York, New Yorktte C're,tr, Air-Zonditioring and

Mr.. *.!r. A'/t *.t.a--,e Head, E-vir,n-,enta' s Energy SySte-S, ArgonautSCA 51P-, Mct.:rs C:,I.rperatcr, Oetrot, Michigan

C-rertc,r, Indianairs Center for Advanced,; Ind;ana

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mA:fR. r cre,,Jerz--Corv.',:rate Marketing, Aluminurn Company ofAre--a. Pernsylvan,a

..EirtNE L MAtrthi Ezerce.;,,t, Stver Sr;f1g. Mary 'WICwA':,'ER 4- .:HE1BER. Ezez:.tive Cirectcr, Hetrcpolitar Washington Council of

wash'r;tun.BERNARD ;, AIA, Cean, School of Architecture, City University of New

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HACAFP, Sirectcr, Bureau of Research, ard Professor ofAr,. tect..re, =Jri.ers:ty of Florida at Gainesville

j:HN YLACTT, C;rectur, Solar Energy Laboratories, Arizona State.;r,,:ers.t. at Temi.e

PROJECT STAFF

.;CHN C. ,i0LOSMITH, Pncjeot CfficerBENJAMIN. H, EVANS, AIA, Program Manager, Technology InitiativeswILLIAM A COSBY, Assi,,tant Cirector, National Technical ProgramsCLARET M. HEIDER, Editor

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BUILDING RESEARCH ADVISORY BOARD

The Building Research Advisory Board, a unit of the NAS-NAE National ResearchCouncil Commission on Sociotechnical Systems, undertakes activities servingto advance the art and science of building at home and abroad andprovides for appropriate dissemination of information resultingfrom those activities. In its work for and with private organizations andunits of government, the Board provides advice on research policy andprograms and on the resolution of specific technological problems,

monitors research undertaken by others, acts to stimulate research andtechnical activity and to correlate information, and, in general, exploressubjects in the housing, building, and related community and environmentaldesign and development field where objective treatment is needed. The areaof BRAS concern is defined to include human and natural resources, societaland environmental objectives, building process functions, and inventions andinnovations. Voluntary association of research-interested individuals andorganizations is provided by the Board through its Technology Assessment andUtilization Program; the BRAB Federal Construction Council provides forcontinuing cooperation among construction agencies of the federal governmentin advancing the science and technology of federal government building andconstruction; and the BRAB U.S. National Committee for the InternationalCouncil for Building Research, Studies and Documentation (CIB) provides forappropriate U.S. participation in the CIB on behalf of public and privatebuilding research organizations and users of building science and technologyinformation.

The 36 members of the Board, together with six individuals from federalagencies who serve in a liaison capacity, are recognized authorities inbuilding-interested segments of industry, government, the designprofessions, and academic and research institutions, appointed on a rotatingand overlapping basis by the Chairman of the NRC Commission on SociotechnicalSystems with approval of the President of the National Academy of Sciences.Each Board member serves as an individual, never as a representative of anyother organization or interest group. The Board, acting as a body, establishesspecial and standing advisory or study committees, panels, task groups, andsimilar working bodies as needed to carry out its various undertakings.

Officers and Members 1974-75

OFFICERS

HERBERT H. SWINBURNE, ChairmanBERNARD H. BREYMANN, Vice ChairmanCHARLES E. SCHAFFNER, Vice ChairmanJ. NEILS THOMPSON, Vice ChairmanROBERT M. DILLON, Executive Director

MEMBERS

JACK A. BAIRD, Vice President, American Telephone Sand Telegraph Company, NewYork, New York (Member NAE)BERNARD H. BREYMANN, Executive Vice President, Hartnett-Shaw DevelopmentCompany, Chicago, Illinois (Member BRAS Executive Committee)BERKELEY G. BURRELL, President, National Business League, Washington, D.C.PATRICK J. CUSICK, Jr., Associate, Hayden Associates, Inc., Real EstateCounsellors, Bloomfield, ConnecticutRICHARD B. DeMARS, President, Geupel DeMars, Inc., Indianapolis, IndianaWALTER S. DOUGLAS, Senior Partner, Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade E Douglas, NewYork, New York (Member BRAS Executive Committee; Member NAE)

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4ILLIAM D. DRAKE, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Associate Deanfor Research, School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,MichiganROBERT MARTIN ENGELBRECHT, Robert Martin Engelbrecht E Associates, Architects,Planners, Researchers, Princeton, New Jersey (Member BRAB Executive Committee)JOSEPH T. ENGLISH, M.D., Director, Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent'sHospital and Medical Center of New York, New York, New York (Member 10M)RICHARD T. GEOGHEGAN, Retired (formerly Director of Housing Maintenance andConstruction for New York Life Insurance Company), Darien, ConnecticutROBERT A. GEORGINE, President, Building and Construction TradesDepartment, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.CHARLES P. GRAVES, Professor, College of Architecture, University of Kentucky,Lexington, KentuckyROBERT GUTMAN, Professor of Sociology, Built Environment Research, Departmentof Sociology, College of Arts and Science, Rutgers University, NewBrunswick, New JerseyCALVIN S. HAMILTON, Director of Planning, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles,California (Member BRAB Executive Committee)

CHARLES M. HAAR, Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law, Law School ofHarvard University, Cambridge, MassachusettsWALTER R. HIBBARD, Jr., University Professor of Engineering, VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia (Member BRABExecutive Committee; Member NAE)MATT M. JETTON, President, Sunstate Builders, Inc., Tampa, FloridaOLIVER H. JONES, Executive Vice President, Mortgage Bankers Association ofAmerica, Washington, O.C.RUDARD A. JONES, AIA, Director and Research Professor of Architecture,Small Homes Council-Building Research Council, University of Illinoisat Urbana, Champaign, Illinois

W.E. KEMP, Director of Technical Planning, Development Department,Organic Materials Division, Koppers Company, Incorporated, Monroeville,Pennsylvania (Member BRAB Executive Committee)JOHN R. KIELY, Director, Bechtel Corporation, Engineers-Constructors, SanFrancisco, California (Member NAE)MARJORIE M. LAWSON, Attorney, Lawson and Lawson, Washington, D.C.RICHARD G. LUGAR, Mayor, City of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IndianaOTIS M. MADER, Vice President-Corporate Marketing, Aluminum Company ofAmerica, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCATIERINE E. MARTINI, Economist (formerly Director, Economics and Research,National Association of Realtors), Silver Spring, MarylandD. QUINN MILLS, Associate Professor, Industrial Relations Section, Alfred P.Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge, Massachusetts (Member BRAB Executive Committee)ROBERT O. PAULEY, Consultant (formerly Vice President, Research andEngineering, Weyerhaeuser Company), Tacoma, WashingtonCHARLES E. SCHAFFNER, Senior Vice President, Syska E Hennessy, Inc., NewYork, New York (Member BRAB Executive Committee)LOUIS D. SMULLIN, D.C. Jackson Professor of Electrical Engineering,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

(Member NAE)HERBERT H. SWINBURNE, FAIA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Member BRAB ExecutiveCommittee)J. NEILS THOMPSON, Director, Balcones Research Center, the University ofTexas, Austin, Texas (Member BRAB Executive Committee)

WILLIAM. G. VASVARY, Executive Director, Southern Building CodeCongress, Birmingham, AlabamaARTHUR M. WEIMER, Special Assistant to the President, Graduate School ofBusiness, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indian.BEVERLY A. WILLIS, AIA, Willis E Associates, Inc., Architects, EnvironmentalPlanners, and Consultants, San Francisco, California (Member BRAB ExecutiveCommittee)

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JOSEPH H. ZETTEL, Vice President, Director of Research and Development,Industrial and Building Products, Johns-Manville Products Corporation,Denver. Colorado (Member BRAB Executive Committee)

LIAISON

GERRIT D. FREMOUW, PE, Director, Office of Facilities Engineering andProperty Management, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington,

D C.WILLIAM C. GRIBBLE, Jr., Chief of Engineers, Office of the Chief of Engineers,U.S. Department of the Army, Washington, D.C.VIGGO P. MILLER, Assistant Administrator for Construction, Office ofConstruction, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.

MICHAEL H. MOSKOW, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research,Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C.F. KARL WILLENBROCK, Director, Institute for Applied Technology, NationalBureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (Past Chairmen)

JOHN P. GNAEDINGER, President, Soil Testing Services, Inc., Northbrook,

IllinoisJ. DONALD ROLLINS, Executive Vice President-International, U.S. SteelCorporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

EX-OFFICIO

PHILIP HANDLER, President, National Academy of Sciences (Member NAS)WILLIAM E. SHOUPP, Acting President, National Academy of Engineering(Member NAE)HARVEY BROOKS, Chairman, Commission on Sociotechnical Systems, NationalResearch Council (Member NAS; Member NAE)

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FOREWORD

The building community, which includes all thosewho are involved in designing, planning,constructing, producing, manufacturing, operating,and maintaining the built environment, is an

extremely complex and diverse group of industries,professions, and trades. Building-relatedresearch and development often is undertaken byprivate research institutions and universities,sometimes under grants and contracts from theNational Science Foundation (NSF), but much of italso is carried out by builders, contractors, andprofessionals and by manufacturers and fabricatorsof building materials, products, components, andsystems.

Thus, in its efforts to make the total nationalsolar energy effort as effective as possible, theNSF Research Applications Directorate of ResearchApplied to National Needs (RANN) asked that theBuilding Research Advisory Board (BRAB) assist itin determining the general nature and character ofnonfederally supported building communityactivities concerned with the solar heating andcooling of buildings. In response to this need,BRAB has endeavored to assist RANN-NSF byestablishing a communications link between it andthe private sector of the building community anda first step in this effort has been to locate andcollect for RANN as much relevant information on

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private solar heating and cooling research anddevelopment activities as the limited time andfunds allow. The BRAB effort is being guided bythe Committee on Solar Energy in the Heating andCooling of Buildings and in this interim reportthe Committee presents the data it has collectedthus far on current solar energy research, develop-ment, and construction activities being carried outby the private sector. In subsequent reports theCommittee will provide RANN-NSF with additionaldata as well as its findings, conclusions, andrecommendations concerning the nature andcharacter of the building community's activitiesin and attitudes toward the field of solar heatingand cooling of buildings, the building community'sexpressed research needs that might be benefitedby NSF support, and the most cost-effective meansof disseminating information generated byNSF-supported research to potential users. In

addition, BRAB will'update the 1964 BRAB BuildingResearch Institute publication, Solar Effects onBuilding Design.

This report has been reviewed by representativesof the Commission on Sociotechnical Systems, aswell as by the Board, and is approved fortransmittal to NSF.

The Board gratefully acknowledges the work of theCommittee and those individuals and organizationsin the building community who have so generouslycontributed relevant information.

Herbert H. Swinburne, ChairmanBuilding Research Advisory Board

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CONTENTS

'INTRODUCTION'Background 1

Purposes of the ProgramScope of the Report 3

Conduct of the Study 3

Organization of the Report 4

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PROJECT PROFILESResearch and Development 5Design and Construction 13

"'ORGANIZATION PROFILESManufacturers and Producers 33Research Institutions 45

Societies and Associations 55Design Services 59

INDEX

Projects 33Organizations 34

Personnel 36

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INTRODUCTION

Background

The Research Applications Directorate of ResearchApplied to National Needs of the National ScienceFoundation (RANN-NSF) is responsible forstimulating the development and widespread use ofsolar energy for heating and cooling buildings andhas established an ongoing program of grant-supportfor research in the field. To broaden itsknowledge of research and development effortsrelated to solar heating and cooling of buildings,particularly those that are not federallysupported, RANN-NSF requested that the NationalAcademy of Sciences-National Academy of Engineering-National Research Council (NAS-NAE-NRC) assist it byestablishing a mechanism for identifying andmaintaining liaison with those in the privatesector who have undertaken projects on their owninitiative. In response to this request theNAS entered into a contract with NSF and chargedthe Building Research Advisory Board (BRAB) ofthe NRC Commission on Sociotechnical Systems withestablishment of a Committee on Solar Energyin the Heating and Cooling of Buildings tocarry out the required program.

Purposes of the Program

The scope of services to be provided RANN-NSF underthe guidance of the BRAB Committee reflects RANN'sinterest in the development of a mechanism to

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assure that nonfederally supported and federallysupported solar energy application efforts arecomplementary and through which methods can befound to respond to identified needs. Specificactivities being undertaken by the Committeeinclude the following:

1. Identifying research, development, andapplications programs in the nonfederalsector that involve the use of solarenergy for heating and cooling buildings;characterizing these building communityactivities to the degree possible, consistentwith proprietary interests; and reportingon specific activities on a semiannual basis

2. Generating periodic statements of supportiveresearch needs as perceived by the privatesector that might be used as a guide byRANN in its solar energy program planning

3. Exploring alternative means for disseminationof information on the utilization of solarenergy for heating and cooling buildingsdeveloped through RANN-supported projects topotential users in the private sector andproviding RANN with guidance in establishinga cost-effective means of informationdissemination, with reference to specificaudiences (elements of the building community)and modes of distribution tailored to meetthe needs of particular users

4. Updating the 1964 BRAB Building ResearchInstitute publication, Solar Effects onBuilding Design, with consideration beinggiven to subject areas such as solar radiationand man, solar energy conversion techniques,solar energy economics, architecturalconsiderations, and research

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Scope of the Reportcx

The purpose of this interim report is to transmitto RANN-NSF descriptive profiles of projects involvingthe use of solar energy for heating and coolingbuildings. It includes a substantial portion of the

coHected thus far from a broad cross sectionof the building community; however, it is notintended to be all-inclusive and additionaldata will be forthcoming as the program continues.

It must be noted that the mention of any particularproject, organization, person, product, system, ormaterial does not constitute or imply any endorsementby the Committee or the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council-National Academy ofEngineering and that no attempt has been made toevaluate the data submitted. In addition, while theintent of the program has been to report on non-federally supported activities, a number of thepersons, companies, and organizations identified inthis report are engaged in both federally suppbrtedand independently supported solar energy activitiesand in these cases,,fgdpEally_siipported activities arenoted in order to provide broad coverage.

Conduct of the Study

The information collection effort resulting inthis report, as well as other activities mentioned,have been and are being conducted under theauspices and guidance of the BRAB Committee onSolar Energy in the Heating and Cooling ofBuildings composed of individuals noted for theirknowledge of solar energy technology and appointedin accordance with established procedures of theNational Research Council.

While the in-house resources of BRAB (e.g., themembers of the Board itself and its BuildingIndustry Manufacturers Research Council, Federal

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Construction Council, and Building ResearchInq't-Ptute) have been used to identify ongoingresearch dealing with solar energy, datacollection efforts also have involved thecanvassing of the nearly 200 trade andprofessional societies and organizationsrepresenting the various segments of thebuilding community. These organizations werecalled upon to ask their memberships to identifythose conducting research and developmentactivities in the area of solar energy and, onceidentified, the individuals or firms werecontacted by BRAB during the summer of 1974 in aneffort to obtain detailed information on the scopeand status of their activities.

While canvassing of the private sector-willcontinue 'throughout the program and informationgathered earlier will be continually updated, theinitial canvass has been completed, relevant solarenergy projects identified, and this interimreport containing synoptic profiles thatcharacterize and detail ongoing activitiesprepared for transmittal to RANN.

Organization of the Report

This report (the first of several to be preparedduring the course of the program) is divided intotwo main sections this introduction and a series ofproject profiles. An index of projects,organizations, and project personnel also is included.

Each project profile identifies, when possible, theprincipal person to be contacted for furtherinformation as well as other support personnel. Whenobtained, the status of the activity is noted;however, such information was obtained in mid-1974 andmay no longer be accurate.

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PROJECT PROFILES

Research and Development

1COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDINGDonald W. Pulver, Executive Vice PresidentOliver Tyrone Corporation1 Oliver PlazaPittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222412/281-7400

Phase I of this three-phase experimental programto develop a design for an energy-saving solar-powered high-rise office building involved

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FIGURE 1 Conception of energy-saving high-rise officebuilding.

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building a 20-square-foot, 1-1/2 story mock-upto be used as a learning model (olst--$30,000).

During Phase II, a 30-square-foot, 2-1/2 storydemonstration building will be erected (cost-

$90,000); completion is expected in spring 1975.Phase III, not yet funded, will involveconstruction of a 6- to 10-story building designed

to minimize heating and air-conditioning needs.

Double-glazed clear-glass-covered collector cells

made of coated-aluminum plates with integrated

fluid-carrying channels will be used to gathersolar energy striking the building facade and roof.

Other participants include PPG Industries, Inc.,

the Aluminum Company of America, and Standard Oil

Company (Ohio).

ODEMONSTRATION MOBILE HOMELAtif S. Debs

Georgia Institute of TechnologyEngineering Experiment StationAtlanta, Georgia 30302404/894-3411

This study is being conducted to determine whether

a combination of roof-mounted flat-plate solar

collectors and underfloor collapsible thermalstorage tanks in a mobile home could provide 50

percent of the total heating requirements.

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3 HIGH-RISE OFFICE BUILDING, NEW YORK CITYR.A. Bell

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEnergy LaboratoryCambridge, Massachusetts 02139617/253-1000

This study is being conducted to determine thefeasibility of using solar energy to heat andpartially cool the proposed 80- to 90-storyCiticorp headquarters building. The possibilitiesof mounting solar collectors on the upper 40stories and of using solar-powered dehumidificationto provide up to 30 percent of the total loadare being considered.

Other participants include Consolidated EdisonCompany and Cushman and Wakefield.

4 INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS',Jerome Weingart and Richard Schoen

University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles, California 90007213/825-4321

This Ford Foundation Energy Policy Project isexpecte-d to result in a description ofinstitutional constraints to the implementationof solar heating-and cooling technology inbuilding. Report publication is scheduled forfall 1974.

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5PROJECT SAGEEdgar S. DavisCalifornia Institute of TechnologyEnvironmental Quality LaboratoryJet Propulsion LaboratoryPasadena, California 91109213/354-4321

This research project for the Southern. CaliforniaGas Company and supported in part by RANN-NSF isdesigned to assess the feasibility of designinga commercial solar-energy water heater for usein apartment buildings in southern California.During the feasibility assessment portion of thestudy, completed in June 1973, a 3-story, 32-apartment building with recreation room andunderground parking was used, and alternativesystems were analyzed to determine their potentialfor solar-energy application. To demonstratefeasibility, construction of apartment unitsusing the best systems is planned; design of thefirst 10 units is scheduled to begin in 1974.

Other participants include Richard Schoen,School of Architecture, University of California,Los Angeles.fffft

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VOLAR CLIMATE CONTROLUJoan Berkowitz

Arthur D. Little, Inc.20 Acorn ParkCambridge, Massachusetts 02140617/864-5770

This three-phase, two-year study is beingsponsored by more than 80 firms. Phase I involvesidentification of successful businesses in thesolar-climate-control industry and determinationof prerequisites and methods for integrating theminto the building industry. During Phasehardware will be evaluated and detailed marketingplans formulated. The participating firms willcollaborate during Phase III to implement themarketing plans.

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/ William B. HarrisTexas A&M UniversityDepartment of Chemical EngineeringCollege Station, Texas 77843

713/845-3361

Work is being conducted to identify opportunitiesfor application of the newly developed Solaterresystem concept that employs a patented solarcollector to hea't large quantities of well waterduring warm weather. The warm water then isstored in an underground reservoir and distributedduring winter to houses and buildings in acommunity. The system concept also provides forcooling water with spray ponds during coldweather and storing it for distribution duringwarm weather.

Other participants include Richard R. Davidson,Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas AOUniversity, College Station.

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RE-sipENTIAL HRATuicvFWT WATER REGENERATiotAVIA SocAR. tierk-m2

FIGURE 3 Schematic of Solaterre solar-energy system.

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8SOLAR TEST HOUSECharles F. SepsyOhio State UniversityDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringColumbus, Ohio 43210614/422-6208

This three-year experimental program, jointlysponsored by Ohio State University and theHomewood Corporation, is expected to result inan assessment of the technical and economicpracticality of utilizing solar energy inresidential buildings. A test house, scheduledfor completion in August 1974, incorporatescurrently available materials, energy-savingdesign features, and solar-energy collectors forheating and cooling. Built-in instrumentationmeasures and records complete inside and outsideenvironmental data.

Flat PlateSolarCollectors

Heat Pump Absorption Cooling Unit

CondenserCooling Tower

Flat PlateSolar Collector

Thermal Storage

System Computer

City WaterSupply

FIGURE 4 Ohio State University solar-powered test house.

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Built on the Ohio State Fairgrounds, the 4-bedroom,2-1/2-bath test house encloses 2,700 square feet.Exterior walls are only 3 percent window andfour open courts provide for interior lighting.Roof-mounted water/glycol-cooled flat-plate solarcollectors, two 2,000-gallon underground tanks,and an Arkla absorption-type unit powered bysolar collectors are used. Electric heaterssupplement the system.

Other participants include C.D. Jones, G. Clark,R. Devore, and S.A. Mumma, Ohio State University,Columbus.

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Design and Construction

1BOTANICAL GARDEN BUILDING, NEW YORK CITYThomas S. EliasCary ArboretumNew York Botanical GardenBronx, New York 10458212/933-9400

This 2-story, 35,000-square-foot building, designedto use solar energy for heating, cooling, and hotwater as well as other unique technologies forconserving energy and recycling wastes, will houseresearch laboratories, offices, a herbarium, andan experimental greenhouse. Heat will be suppliedby 6,000 square feet of roof-mounted flat-plateglycol-cooled solar collectors for storage inbasement compartmented tanks. Supplementary heatpumps will provide back-up.

Other energy-conserving design features include:a greenhouse that will provide plant-generatedoxygen and humidity for distribution into thebuilding; a sod-covered roof; earth-banked walls;northwind-sheltering trees; thick masonry walls;double-glazed windows with shutters for use atnight to reduce heat loss; extra largewindows on the south and east walls to admit sun'swarmth; rainwater collection; and task lighting.This combination of systems is expected todecrease total energy consumption by 35 percent,

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utility energy consumption by 75 percent, andwater consumption by 35 percent.

Other participants include Malcolm B. Wells,Architect, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, andFred Dubin, Dubin-Mindell-Bloome Associates,Consulting Engineers, New York, New York.

OCOMMUNITY COLLEGE Bll(66146 DENVER, COLORADOLJohn D. Anderson, AIAThe A-B-R Partnership, Architects1200 Walnut StreetDenver, Colorado 80204

303/825-8123

This 1,300-foot-long general-purpose collegebuilding will enclose 278,815 square feetof space and will feature: 50,000 square feetof roof-mounted water/glycol-cooled solarcollectors facing south at 60 degrees to thehorizontal; three underground storage tankswith a total capacity of 400,000 gallons; heatpumps to supplement the system; and otherenergy-conserving features includingredistribution of people- and lighting-generatedheat, heat extraction from exhaust fans, asolar-energy-heated hot water supply,double-glazed windows, and extra buildinginsulation. Completion is expected in summer 1976.

The solar system is expected to cost 8.78percent or $736,780 more than a conventionalsystem; however, a 21 percent fossil fuelsaving is anticipated. The return on thesystem investment is estimated at less than 11years and by 1990 fuel saving is expected toamount to $90,000 per year.

Other participants include Bridgers & Paxton,Mechanical Engineers, Albuquerque, New Mexico;Sol Flax & Associates, Electrical Engineers,Denver, Colorado; and Robert H. Kula, DirectorPlanning and Development, Community College ofDenver.

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3CONFERENCE CENTER, ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORKJagdish Prasad

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Syska & Hennessy, Inc., Engineers110 West 50th StreetNew York, New York 10020212/489-9200

Preliminary plans for this 1.2-million-square-foot center call for solar collectors to beutilized for heating and, possibly, for cooling.Also being considered is a heat recovery systemfor collecting, storing, and reusing excessenergy from surplus interior heat.

The center is to be built on the 12th floorroof of the existing RCA Building in downtownNew York City. To provide partial heating3,500 square feet of water-cooled flat-platesolar collectors are to be mounted on theroof of the center. The system also willinclude 7,000-gallon storage tanks and isestimated to cost $150,000 more than aconventional system. It is anticipated thatconstruction will begin in 1975.

Other participants include Ford & Earl DesignAssociates, Architects, New York, New York.

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4DECADE 80 SOLAR HOUSE, TUCSON, ARIZONAArthur Kotch, Architect6440 Hillcroft StreetHouston, Texas 77036713/771-2123

Sponsored by the Copper Development Association,this project involves the construction of a4-bedroom, 3-bath, 3,200-square-foot solar-energydemonstration house designed for energyconservation. A 2,000-square-foot water-cooledflat-plate solar collector, glass skinned andintegrated with a copper roof and copper tubingfor transport, is used in conjunction with a2,500-gallon storage tank and two 3-ton solar-powered Arkla absorption units with a coolingtower. Energy savings are estimated at 60percent. The prototype is expected to becompleted during 1975.

Other participants include TRW, Inc., Consultants,Redondo Beach, California.

FIGURE 5 Copper Development Association Decade 80solar house.

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;DEMONSTRATION HOUSE, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA'0 Robert Romancheck

Research and Technical Service DepartmentPennsylvania Power and Light CompanyAllentown, Pennsylvania 18101

215/821-5151

Designed to conserve energy, this typicalsubtropical 2-story, 3 bedroom, 1-1/2 bath,1,600-square-foot house was built to determine."realistic energy-optimization possibiiities."The design goal was to decrease the energyrequirements of an equivalent all-electric houseby from 33 to 50 percent at a target cost of $35,000.

A vertically mounted fence-style water/glycolcooled flat-plate collector (in 3-foot by 3-footor 2-foot by 4-foot modules) is used to gathersolar heat for storage in a 1000-gallon tank.

105.110F preheateddomestic water

Domesticwaterpreheater

Watertoairheat pump2 tons

Circulator

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Waste energy *collector from Cold water inletlaundry, dishwasher,and bathing water Reclaimed energy collector

from exhaust air, refrigerator]Evaporator loop dryer, and fireplace

Septic systemheat reclaimsystem

1,000 galstorage tankwith by-passand 15 kwimmersion heater

Condenser of2ton airtowater heat pump

Solar thermalcollectors in deckrailing and patio screen

Ethelene glycol solution inLoop held at 15 deg aboveevaporator loop temperMulwar'4"c

FIGURE 6 Schematic of energy-conserving heating andcooling system for Allentown demonstrationhouse.

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Two heat pumps and a 15-kW electric immersionheater in the storage tank supplement the solarenergy. Heat also is recoverd from the septictank, bath water, refrigerator, laundry, anddryer. Evaluation is to be completed and areport published in 1975.

Other participants include the Franklin InstituteResearch Laboratories, Consultants, Philadelphia,and Donald W. Duncklee, AIA, Allentown,Pennsylvania.

6DEMONSTRATION HOUSE, HENNIKER NEW HAMPSHIREDouglas Wilke, Architect38 Roosevelt AvenueGlen Head, New York 11545516/759-9050

An energy-conserving 1,000-square-foot single-family house (intended to sell for approximately$25,000 including land) is being built todemonstrate solar-energy heating and air-dehumidification cooling. Energy will besupplied by 700 square feet of roof-mounted air-cooled flat-plate solar collectors.Dehumidification of incoming air will be achievedby scrubbing with triethylene glycol, a processwidely used in industry and currently beingadapted for residential cooling. Prototypeequipment will be used in the demonstration house.

Other participants include Erwin Lodwig, NiagaraBlower Company, New York, New York, and GeorgeL5f, Solar Consultant, Ft. Collins, Colorado.

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"DEMONSTRATION HOUSES, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA'Terrance R. Caster, PresidentEnergy Systems, Inc.634 Crest DriveEl Cajon, California 92021

714/440-4646

To develop and demonstrate a packaged solar-energysystem for purchase and installation by localbuilders and heating/ventilating/air-conditioningcontractors, seven single-family houses are beingbuilt with integrally roof-mounted air-cooled solarcollectors to provide for space heating. Thermal

storage will be in a below-grade rock pile andvarious solar-collector/heating-systemconfigurations will be applied to determine theoptimal design for the package system. Eventuallyintended for nationwide distribution, the systemis expected to provide 50 percent of the spaceheating for houses of up to 3,000 square feet.

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8 DEMONSTRATION HOUSE, ATASCADERO, CALIFORNIAUKenneth Haggard

California Polytechnic State UniversitySan Luis Obispo, California 93401805/546-0111

This deMonstration of the patented Skytherm processof solar-energy control through absorption andreradiation via roof ponds involves a single-family; 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,000-square-foot house.On a cold day solar energy is absorbed by andstored in ponds of water on the roof and warmthis reradiated into the house; at night, insulatedpanels slide over the ponds to prevent radiantloss. The process is reversed for warm weathercooling (i.e., the ponds are uncovered at nightto permit energy loss and covered during theday to prevent energy absorption). Constructionis complete, and evaluation of the house is inprogress with support from HUD.

Other participants include Harold Hay, the ownerof the house and inventor of the Skytherm process.

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9ENERGY CONSERVING HOME, TIJERAS, NEW MEXI'CO

Robert G. ReinesILS LaboratoryStar Route 103Tijeras, New Mexico 87059

505/281-5191

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This energy-conserving house was built by (LSLaboratory, a group of engineers and scientistsinterested in energy-conservation designs. The

igloo-type structure is 31 feet in diameter and is

heavily insulated. Ground-mounted, water/glycol-cooled flat-plate solar collectors provide 100percent of the heating requirements and anunderground tank is used for storage. The houseis said to consume only 10 percent of the thermalenergy required by an equivalent conventionalhouse.

OLD MILL RESTORATION, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLANDRonald BeckmanResearch and Design InstituteP.O. Box 307Providence, Rhode Island 02901

401/861-5390

A 125-year-old river mill is being restored todemonstrate the benefits of natural energy use.Solar, wind, and water power will be used to supplybuilding needs without disruption of aesthetic andcultural surroundings.

Roof-mounted solar collectors will supply heatedwater to a reservoir for distribution by utility-powered electric heat pumps. Photovoltaic

collectors and wind" .1- and water-powered generatorswill supply direct current for the lighting system.Alternate reserve systems will be included andstudies will be made to determine human reactionsto the environment.

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11RESEARCH INSTITUTE LABORATORY, BOULDER CITY, NEVADARobert Fielden, ArchitectJack Miller & Associates522 E. Twain AvehueLas Vegas, Nevada 89109702/735 -5222

Solar-energy collectors will be used to heatand cool the new 6,374- square -foot facility ofthe University of Nevada. Energy will begathered by 6,000 square feet of roof-mountedflat-plate solar collectors for storage in two10,000-gallon tanks. An electric immersionheater will provide back-up heat, cooling will beachieved with solar-powered absorption chillers,and several energy-saving design techniques willbe employed. Funding for the $648,000 project hasbeen provided by the Desert Research Institute, theFleishmann Foundation, and Mrs. Sulo Maki.

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10RESIDENCE, GUILFORD, CONNECTICUTd:Donald Watson, A1A

Box 401Guilford, Connecticut 06437203/453-6388

Using energy-conserving design and a solarcollector, this house was designed and built fora private client. Energy-conserving techniquesinclude optimum orientation, shading, insulation,window shuttering, and heat recovery fromrefrigerator coil and sewage tank. The 2-story, 1900-square-foot house features 456square feet of water/glycol-cooled flat-platecollectors integrally mounted in roof. Enough

thermal storage for 1-1/2 days of operationis provided by 2,000-gallon storage tanks. Anoil-fired water heater supplements the solar-energysystem.

Other participants included Everett Barber, asolar engineer and the owner of the residence.

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11 RESIDENCE, SHANGHAI, WEST VIRGINIA10 Paul Richard Rittleman, AIA

Burt, Hill & Associates, Architects610 Mellon Bank BuildingButler, Pennsylvania 16001

412/285-4761

Designed to conserve energy this 2-bedroom, 2-bath,1,400-square-foot,- 3-level house features 588square feet of water/glycol-cooled flat-platesolar collectors, integrally mounted in theroof structure at a 45 degree angle. Storage attwo temperature levels is provided by two tanks,one 2,400 gallons and the other 400 gallons.An oil-fired water heater supplements the systemwhich is designed for the future addition of anabsorption air-conditioning unit. Other energy-conserving design features include triple glazingin windows, an air-lock entrance, and a centralfireplace.

Other participants include Mrs. A.N. Wilson, theowner of the house.

FIGURE 7 Solar-energy house, Shanghai, West Virginia.

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14RETROFIT DEMONSTRATION HOUSE, DENVER COLORADORichard L. Crowther500 Cook StreetDenver, Colorado 80206303/388-1875

This existing 2,000-square-foot house wasremodeled to demonstrate such passive energy-conservation techniques as control of solarabsorptive surfaces by shading, control ofsurface coating absorptivity, optimum windowareas, and use of natural ventilation.

FIGURE 8 Retroffitted house for solar-energy use.

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15SCHOOL SCIENCE BUILDING, McLEAN, VIRGINIAArthur Cotton Moore, Architect1214 - 28th Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20007202/337-9083

Solar energy will be used to heat and cool the new7,000-square-foot Madeira School science building.Of the estimated building cost of $400,000,approximately $30,000 is for the solar collectorsystem including 4,500 square feet of roof-mounted flat-plate water/glycol-cooled solarcollectors and a 10,000-gallon insulated storagetank. An oil-fired boiler will providesupplementary heating. Construction is expectedto be completed in summer 1975.

Other participants include Flock & Kurtz,Engineers, Washington, D.C.

FIGURE 9 Schematic of solar-power system for theMadeira School: (a) sunrays, (b) water coils,(c) glass cover, (d) storage tank,(e) conventional roof.

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lescIENcE MUSEUM, RICHMOND, VIRGINIAItiEdward C. Fordyce

Science Museum of Virginia217 Governor StreetRichmond, Virginia 23219807/770-4133

The energy-conserving design developed for thePhysical Sciences Center of the Science Museumof Virginia will include the use of solar heatingand cooling. The 55,600-square-foot multi-levelbuilding for laboratories, shops, offices, aplanetarium, and an auditorium will feature anextremely large (112 feet by 240 feet) 30-degree-sloping roof that will be covered with water/glycol-cooled flat-plate collectors. Three50,000-gallon below-grade storage tanks--one eachfor high-temperature, low-temperature, and chilledfluids--will be used. An absorption unitpowered by solar collectors, or stored chilledwater, will supplement primary cooling provided bya conventional 150-ton air conditioner.

The building will incorporate other energy-conserving features including extensive wasteheat recovery, variable volume ventilation, andrecirculation of filtered and heated air to reducefresh air needs. Recovered energy is expected tosupply about 50 percent of the heating and 40percent of the cooling requirements. Completionof the building is anticipated in fall 1976.

Other participants include Richard P. Hankins,Hankins & Anderson, Inc., Consulting Engineers,Richmond, Virginia, and James M. Glove, Glove,Newman, Anderson & Associatees, Inc., Architectsand Engineers, Richmond, Virginia.

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17SOLAR COLLECTOR FENCE, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADOByron BloomfieldDesign Plus1709 Woodmoor DriveMonument, Colorado 80132

303/481-3656

An existing 2,000-square-foot house is beingretrofitted with a solar collector consisting ofvertical-mounted rectangular panels used also as

a yard fence. Using 240 square feet of fence-style water/glycol-cooled flat-plate collectorsin ten 4-foot-by-6-foot modules with adjacentaluminum reflector panels for additional solarradiation pickup, the system is designed forapplication to existing residences. Additional

collector panels can be added as needed and thefence styling permits environment-enhancing use.Two 1,000-gallon below-grade tanks providethermal storage. The retrofit demonstration isexpected to be completed in 1974.

Other participants include James Sinton, theowner of the house.

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0SOLARCON CENTER, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA110.0. BeckhartHarrison, Beckhart & Mill, Architects844 W. Colorado BoulevardLos Angeles, California 90041

213/254-7141

While still in she conceptual design stage, thefirst unit of a three-unit 770,000-square-footcomplex will be a 300,000-square-footoffice/condominium building. Solar-energycollectors, to be used for daytime absorption ofsolar energy for heating and nighttime radiantloss of heat for cooling, will be mounted on thevertical exterior building walls and "heat pipes"will be used to transfer heat energy from warmerareas of the building to cooler areas as needed.

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19SUN HOUSE, CLEVELAND, OHIOBob SchmittBob Schmitt Homes, Inc.13079 Falling WaterStrongville, Ohio 44136216/238-6915

This 3,600-square-foot single-family residenceis designed to provide optimum heat-loss-and-gainreduction through improved thermal and solar-energy control. The house features a 1,100-square-foot central atrium with skylights. Surrounding

living areas use glass in walls facing to theatrium to allow heat collected and stored inatrium to be reradiated into living areas duringcold weather. During warm weather the skylightsare shaded and living areas lose heat via naturally

induced ventilation through the atrium. Exterior

walls are void of glass and additional insulationis used throughout. Air infiltration throughwindow and door cracks is minimized and attictemperatures are controlled by a fan and louvers.An-electric heat pump supplies supplementaryheating and cooling. The demonstration househas been completed and evaluated and additionalhouses are being developed for sale.

Other participants include Edward A. Schmitt,Architect, Strongville, Ohio.

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20TEST HOUSE, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADORod KuharichPhoenix of Colorado Springs, Inc.P.O. Box 7246Colorado Springs, Colorado 80914303/633-2633

With a Study and Evaluation Grant from RANN-NSFthis public nonprofit corporation test house hasbeen built to demonstrate feasibility of solarenergy heating and conservation design. The 3-bedroom, 2,190-square-foot house features 810square feet of roof-mounted flat-plate solarcollectors arranged in two longitudinal bankssloping at 55 degrees and separate by areflecting surface on the roof. Dowtherm "J"

is the transfer fluid used and supplementaryheating and cooling is provided by a utility-powered heat pump. An 8,000-gallon below-grade

tank offers an 8-day storage capacity and alsoreceives waste heat from the refrigerator andfreezer..

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Other participants include Michael Lane, CharlesEnglund, and John Wheeler, the Design Group ofColorado, Colorado Springs, and Douglas Jardine,Mechanical Engineer, Denver, Colorado.

UNIVERSITY BUILDING, LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICOR.L. SanMartinNew Mexico State UniversityLas Cruces, New Mexico 88001

505/646-3007

This 19,000-square-foot building will houseoffices and laboratories of the university'sDepartment of Agriculture and has been designedfor energy conservation and solar-powered heatingand cooling. Estimated to cost $1.5 million, thebuilding will feature 7,000 square feet of roof-mounted, watEr/glycol-cooled solar collectors toprovide 80 pzIrcent of heating and coolingrequirements, two 30,000-gallon underground tanksto store enough energy for a 3-day period, andan Arkla absorption process unit for cooling.Construction is scheduled to begin in early 1975.

Other participants include Bridgers & Paxton,Mechanical Engineers, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Botanical Garden Building, New York City, 13

Commercial Office Building, 5Community College Building, Denver, Col., 14

Conference Center, Rockefeller Center, N.Y., 15

Decade 80 Solar House, Tucson, Arizona, 16Demonstration Houses, San Diego, California, 19Demonstration House, San Luis Obispo, Calif., 20Demonstration House, Henniker, N.H., 18Demonstration House, Allentown, Pa., 17Demonstration Mobile Home, 6Energy-Conserving Home, Tijeras, N.M., 21High-Rise Office Building, New York City, 7Institutional Constraints, 7Old Mill Restoration, Providence, Rhode Island,

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Residence, Guilford, Conn., 23Residence, Shanghai, W. Va., 24Retrofit Demonstration House, Denver, Col., 25School Science Building, McLean, Va., 26Science Museum, Richmond, Va., 27Solar Climate Control, 9Solar Collector Fence, Colorado Springs, Col., 28Solar Test House, 11

Solarcon Center, Los Angeles, California, 28Solaterre System, 10Sun House, Cleveland, Ohio, 29Test House, Colorado Springs, Col., 30University Building, Las Cruces, N.M., 31

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Organizations

A-B-R Partnership, 14Aluminum Company of America, 6Arthur D. Little, Inc., 9Bob Schmitt Notes, Inc., 29Bridgers and Paxton, 14, 31Brown University, 21Burt, Hill and Associates, 24California Institute of Technology, 8California Polytechnic State University, 20Cary Arboretum, 13Community College of Denver, 14Consolidated Edison Company, 7Copper Development Association, 16Cushman and Wakefield, 7Desert Research Institute, 22Design Group of Colorado, 31Design Plus, 28Dubin-Mindell-Bloome Associates, 14Energy Policy Project, 7Energy Systems, Inc., 19Fleishmann Foundation, 22Flock and Kurtz, 26Ford and Earl Design Associates, 15Ford Foundation, 7Franklin Institute Research Laboratories, 18Georgia Institute of Technology, 6Glove, Newman, Anderson and Associates, Inc., 27Hankins and Anderson, !nc., 27Harrison, Beckhart and Mill, 28

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Homewood Corporation, 11

ILS Laboratory, 21Jack Miller and Associates, 22Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 7National Science Foundation, 8, 30New Mexico State University, 31New York Botanical Garden, 13Niagara Blower Company, 18Ohio State University, 11Oliver Tyrone Corporation, 5Pennsylvania Power and Light Company, 17Phoenix of Colorado Springs, Inc., 30PPG Industries, Inc., 6Research and Design Institute, 21Science Museum of Virginia, 27Sol Flax and Associates, 14Southern California Gas Company, 8Standard Oil Company (Ohio), 6Syska and Hennessy, Inc., 15Texas AO University, 10TRW, Inc., 16U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 20University of California, Los Angeles, 7, 8

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Personnel

Anderson, John D.; 14

Barber, Everett, 23Beckhart, D.D., 28Beckman, Ronald, 21Bell, R.A., 7Berkowitz, Joan, 9Bloomfield, Byron, 28Caster, Terrance R., 19Clark, G., 12Crowther, Richard L., 25Davidson, Richard R., 10

Davis, Edgar S., 8Debs, Atif S., 6Devore, R., 12Dubin, Fred S., 14

Duncklee, Donald W., 18Elias, Thomas S., 13

Englund, Charles, 1

Fielden, Robert, 22Fordyce, Edward C., 27Glove, James M., 27Haggard, Kenneth, 20Hankins, Richard P., 27Harris, William B., 10Hay, Harold, 20Jardine, Douglas, 31Jones, C.D., 12Kotch, Arthur, 16Kuharich, Rod, 30

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Kula, Robert H., 14Lane, Michael, 31Lodwig, Erwin, 18Lof, George, 18

ti Merrick, R.N., 33Moore, Arthur Cotton, 26Mumma, S.A., 12

Prasad, Jagdish, 15Pulver, Donald W., 5Reines, Robert G., 21Rittleman, Paul Richard, 24Romancheck, Robert, 17SanMartin, R.L., 31Schmitt, Bob, 29Schmitt, Edward A., 29Schoen, Richard, 7, 8Sepsy, Charles F., 11Sinton, James, 28Watson, Donald, 23Wdingart, Jerome, 7Wells, Malcolm B., 14Wheeler, John, 31Wilke, Douglas, 18Wilson, Mrs. A.N., 24

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