Final Project Report for DPD, Inc. Office Building in Lansing, Michigan

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/15003594· OSTI ID:15003594

Deru, M; Sherman, M

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory participated with DPD, Inc., in the thermal analysis of buildings constructed using concrete with recycled materials in the aggregate. This project was part of a Phase II Small Business Innovative Research grant to determine how the thermal properties of concrete can be''tuned'' for use in passive solar buildings. DPD Inc. and Michigan State University developed techniques to alter the thermal properties of concrete by introducing recycled materials into the aggregate. Two office/retail buildings were built in Lansing, Michigan for this research. The objective of NREL's involvement was to evaluate the effects of concrete thermal properties on the building performance through energy simulations and monitoring. This report presents a summary of work accomplished on this project, including a predesign analysis of the concrete properties and building designs as well as energy performance analysis after construction. The test results were used to calibrate computer models that were later used to predict long-term performance of the buildings.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15003594
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-550-33108; TRN: US200434%%86
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1 Mar 2003
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
29 ENERGY PLANNING
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
BUSINESS
COMPUTERS
CONCRETES
CONSTRUCTION
MONITORING
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
OFFICE BUILDINGS
PERFORMANCE
THERMAL ANALYSIS
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
DPD
CONCRETE
RECYCLED MATERIALS
MICHIGAN
THERMAL PROPERTIES
CONCRETE PROPERTIES
BUILDINGS