Passive solar heated energy conserving biosphere home. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 UTC 1985

OSTI ID:5390047

Piekarski, R

''Warm Gold'' is an original design of a passive solar heated energy conserving biosphere home. It has been owner-built with financial help from the US Department of Energy through its Appropriate Technology Small Grants Program of 1980. The home incorporates the six major components of passive solar design: appropriate geometry and orientation, glazing, light levels and reflective surfaces, ventilation, thermal storage, and insulation. Warm Gold is an earth-sheltered home with earth cover on the roof as well as on the two opaque north leg walls. It is of durable and efficient masonry construction which included stone masonry with on-site materials and cement block and ready mix concrete. Excavation, backfill, and drainage were necessary aspects of earth sheltered construction together with the all-important Bentonite waterproofing system. Warm Gold is a house which meets all the national building code standards of HUD. The home has two bedrooms, one bathroom, living room, dining room-kitchen, greenhouse, and utility annex, all of which are incorporated with the earth-sheltered, passive solar systems to be a comfortable, energy-efficient living environment.

• Research Organization: Delegueric (Vincent J.), Saranac, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG42-80R205144
• OSTI ID: 5390047
• Report Number(s): DOE/R2/05144-T1; ON: DE85015631
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320101 -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
BUDGETS
BUILDINGS
CONSTRUCTION
COVERINGS
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
EARTH-COVERED BUILDINGS
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING DRAWINGS
EQUIPMENT
GLAZING
HEAT STORAGE
HEATING SYSTEMS
ORIENTATION
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
STORAGE
THERMAL INSULATION
VENTILATION