NCSU solar energy and conservation house. Final report
A passive solar energy house has been built adjacent to the NCSU McKimmon Continuing Education Center. The house contains a two-story embedded sunspace, two Trombe walls, active solar hot water heating, thermal storage in a rock filled ceiling/floor, and numerous research treatments, and energy conservation features. (See attached photo brochure; Appendix 1). The house is completely decorated and furnished in an attractive manner and the exterior architecture is traditional and has broad consumer appeal. It is also thoroughly instrumented to monitor performance. The house is open to the public on weekends and numerous people come to visit on their own initiative and others take advantage of the close proximity to McKimmon while there attending conferences. The house will influence and motivate large numbers of people to consider solar and energy conservation facets in their homes and will provide data to substantiate performance to prospective home buyers and meaningful data on design and construction for builders.
- Research Organization:
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh (USA). Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG44-80R410141
- OSTI ID:
- 5632469
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/R4/10141-T1; ON: DE84000389
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ATTACHED GREENHOUSES
BUILDINGS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
GREENHOUSES
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
HOUSES
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
ROCK BEDS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SOLAR WATER HEATING
SPACE HEATING
TESTING
TROMBE WALLS
WALLS
WATER HEATING