Optimal mix of energy-conserving and passive solar heating measures in Portland, Oregon

Conference · Tue Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:379885

Graves, J G; Jones, R W ^[1]

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1. Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States). Coll. of Architecture and Environmental Design

This paper describes the development of energy-conserving, passive solar production houses for Portland, Oregon. There are two base cases, one with electric baseboard heating and another with a forced-air gas furnace. Both are 1,800 ft{sup 2}, single-family residences, typical of middle market production houses in Portland. This research investigates the relationship between the thermal performance improvements and increased investment costs over the base case of energy-saving conservation and direct gain solar design improvement measures. The improvement options were selected from a list of alternatives practical for the region. Beginning with the selected base case, the methodology used determines a conservation/solar improvement path defining the steps (order) in which to add the improvement options onto the base case, based on the least cost/benefit ratio at each step. Finally, a range of steps along the improvement path is identified as having the lowest life-cycle cost.

• OSTI ID: 379885
• Report Number(s): CONF-960430--; ISBN 0-89553-211-5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
COST ESTIMATION
DOUBLE GLAZING
ELECTRIC HEATING
ENERGY CONSERVATION
GAS FURNACES
HOUSES
OREGON
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
RETROFITTING
THERMAL ANALYSIS
THERMAL MASS