Report summarizing the results of constructing a passive solar building for the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
On April 10, 1981, RPI's Visitor Information Center was officially dedicated. Through the remainder of the year the Office of Physical Facilities and the project design team devoted considerable time to debugging and fine-tuning the facility. This latter activity was unexpected and prevented the design team from obtaining useful evaluation results. This project caused an awareness that debugging a passive solar building requires almost a full year's cycle to insure that all systems and controls are, in fact, functioning the way they were designed. In addition, problems with moveable insulation and damper controls continued until December 1981 which are primarily due to faulty design. As a result, only partial performance evaluation data could be obtained in 1981.
- Research Organization:
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (USA). Center for Architectural Research
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC02-80CS30350
- OSTI ID:
- 6450570
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CS/30350-T4; ON: DE86004981
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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