Passive solar homes in Delaware Valley

Conference · Wed Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:361838

Kendig, J ^[1]

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1. New Jersey Inst. of Tech., Princeton, NJ (United States)

This paper examines ten single family residences in the Delaware Valley area which include passive solar design features. The study identifies successful and failed solar features of the houses, evaluates solar performance of a few houses, and examines occupants satisfaction with their houses. The study described in this paper includes the following: description of the overall passive solar design and listing of solar features used in each house, survey of each house in its present condition documenting changes to the original design (if any), summary of occupant questionnaire and interviews of house owners regarding their evaluation of house performance. Owners in this study retained positive attitude to their homes in spite of the problems with some solar features. Modifications to the solar features have been significant, but in no case was the solar aspect abandoned.

• OSTI ID: 361838
• Report Number(s): CONF-970441--; ISBN 0-89553-212-3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
DELAWARE
HOUSES
PUBLIC OPINION
SOLAR ARCHITECTURE
THERMAL COMFORT