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Hodges residence: performance of a direct gain passive solar home in the 1979-1980 heating season

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OSTI ID:5198728
Results are presented for the performance of the Hodges Residence, a direct gain passive solar home in Ames, during the 1978-1980 heating season, its first occupied heating season. Although no night insulation was used on the double-pane south glass, the total auxiliary heat energy was only 41 million Btu gross and 25 MBTU net, amounting, respectively, to 2.9 and 1.8 Btu per square foot per degree-day. These results were for an unusually cloudy heating season, including the cloudiest January in the 21 years of insolation measurements in Ames.
Research Organization:
Ames Lab., IA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-82
OSTI ID:
5198728
Report Number(s):
IS-M-290; CONF-8006115-1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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