Solar greenhouse and warm room with a spiral piping system for hot water and a low-cost building-construction method. Final report

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5630127· OSTI ID:5630127

Peckworth, R. H.

This project involved the construction of two small buildings, each mounted on skids, so that, if desired, they could be moved to various sites to demonstrate the following energy proposals: the use of a combination greenhouse and warm room as an addition to an older house for an economical heating solution; the use of PB (polybutylene) black flexible pipe as a solar water heating collector housed in the above solar area; and the use of COST FREE BUILDING BLOCKS made from readily available recycled waste material, namely empty steel and tin cans, repacked in used corrugated cartons. These blocks, laid up into a wall, using glue instead of mortar, make an excellent core wall that can later be covered with protective surfacing, perhaps a rigid foam plastic surface.

• Research Organization: Peckworth (Ralph H.), Charlotte, NC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG44-81R410504
• OSTI ID: 5630127
• Report Number(s): DOE/R4/10504-T1; ON: DE84000382
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
14 SOLAR ENERGY
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ENERGY CONSERVATION
RECYCLING
SOLAR COLLECTORS
EQUIPMENT
GREENHOUSES
HEATING
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