Community United Methodist Church passive solar classroom addition: comparison of predicted and actual energy use
The Community United Methodist Church of Columbia, Missouri, has recently built a passive solar addition. This building was partially funded by the Department of Energy Passive Solar Commercial Building Demonstration Program (1) and by a grant from the Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church. As part of the design phase, the PASOLE computer code was used to model the thermal characteristics of the building. The building was subsequently completed in September 1981, and one and one-half years of end use energy data has been collected as of March 1983. This paper presents (1) a description of the new building and the computer model used to analyze it, (2) a comparison of predicted and actual energy use, (3) a comparison between the new, solar building and conventional portions of the church complex and (4) summarizes other operational experiences.
- Research Organization:
- Missouri Univ., Columbia (USA). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering; Peckham and Wright, Architects, Columbia, MO (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC02-80CS30334
- OSTI ID:
- 5908498
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CS/30334-T2; ON: DE85008920
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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