Passive solar design handbooks: Vol III: passive solar design analysis and supplement

Book · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5281492

Balcomb, J D; Jones, R W; Kosciewicz, C E; Lazarus, G S; McFarland, R D; Wray, W O

This book applies the Los Alamos Solar Load Ratio (SLR) method to the design of passive solar heating systems, with an emphasis on the average annual heating energy consumption. Recommendations are given on minimizing heating energy consumption by appropriate choices of conservation level and solar system parameters. Analytical methods and supporting tables are presented which enable simple, fast estimates of the heating energy consumption as part of the design process. Topics considered include SLR correlations, the load collector ratio (LCR) method, sensitivity data, cooling considerations, conservation formulas, design procedure, life-cycle costs, high-mass direct gain buildings, low-mass sun-tempered buildings, sunspaces, off-reference night insulation, correlation equations, and mixed systems.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., Los Alamos, NM
• OSTI ID: 5281492
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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