Passive solar retrofit guidebook

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5351735

The steps involved in retrofitting an existing building for passive solar heating are discussed, and include: conservation measures (increasing insulation and furnace efficiency and decreasing infiltration); site analysis for orientation, declination, and shading; glazing (including night insulation and overhangs); and thermal mass. A retrofit analysis is discussed along with details on each of four retrofit types - direct gain, thermal storage walls (Trombe walls and water walls), sunspaces, and thermosiphon air panel. Methods of calculating heat loss and solar retrofit performance are given and illustrated, as are methods of financial analysis, including payback period. Sources of financing are discussed. Marketing of passive solar retrofits is discussed and illustrated by a case study. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Londe-Parker-Michels, Inc., St. Louis, MO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-81CS30631
• OSTI ID: 5351735
• Report Number(s): MASEC-R-81-029/2; ON: DE82013495
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
ATTACHED GREENHOUSES
BUILDINGS
DIRECT GAIN SYSTEMS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY LOSSES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
FINANCING
GLAZING MATERIALS
GREENHOUSES
HEAT LOSSES
HEATING SYSTEMS
LOSSES
MANUALS
MARKETING
MASS
MATERIALS
OPENINGS
ORIENTATION
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
PAYBACK PERIOD
PERFORMANCE
RETROFITTING
SHADING
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
THERMAL INSULATION
THERMAL MASS
THERMOSYPHONS
TROMBE WALLS
WALLS
WATER WALLS
WINDOWS