Passive-solar subdivision design: a guidebook for builders, site planners and developers

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5917314· OSTI ID:5917314

This Guidebook presents state of the art techniques for builders and developers concerned with protecting solar access and properly siting solar-energy systems. The Guidebook was prepared to implement Connecticut's mandatory 1981 State Legislation concerning passive-solar-subdivision design. It includes a detailed description of passive solar design tools, such as street and lot layout, building orientation, siting of vegetation, designing with slopes, and legal and landscaping techniques for protecting solar access. The report includes 35 illustrations and legal and technical data useful for developing solar easements and evaluating solar-access issues within the Connecticut latitudes.

• Research Organization: Central Naugatuck Valley Regional Planning Agency, Waterbury, CT (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5917314
• Report Number(s): NP-3902828; ON: DE83902828
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
ARCHITECTURE
BUILDERS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
HEATING SYSTEMS
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
PERSONNEL
PLANNING
RECOMMENDATIONS
SHADING
SITE SELECTION
SOLAR ACCESS
SOLAR ARCHITECTURE
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS