Workshops and incentive loans program for construction of solar greenhouses, grain dryers, window boxes and food dryers. Final performance report

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5540382· OSTI ID:5540382

Walker, D. H.

A Solar Loan Fund was established to provide low-interest incentive loans to families desiring to construct their own solar devices, the only stipulations being allowance of reasonable public visitation and monitoring and employment of parish-trained construction teams if labor is to be hired. About 30 vocational agriculture students built window box collector units as part of their classroom experience, trying several designs. Later, 12 to 15 families built window box collectors for their use. A week long Energy Responsibility: Today and Tomorrow workshop was held involving construction projects and mini-seminars. Another workshop was held to construct bread box type solar hot water heaters, and yet another to build solar food dryers. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Upper Sand Mountain Parish, Section, AL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG44-80R410226
• OSTI ID: 5540382
• Report Number(s): DOE/R4/10226-T1; ON: DE84000759
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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