Passive solar analysis and design of commercial buildings using DOE-2

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6168392

Hunn, B D

The custom weighting-factor loads calculative method that was implemented in the DOE-2.1 program was refined and fully documented. This method allows direct-gain and night-ventilative-cooling passive systems to be analyzed using DOE-2. A thermal storage wall model for DOE-2 was developed and tested.This model treats vented and unvented storage walls using either masonry or water as the storage medium. It includes the effect of night insulation and selective surfaces. A model for attached sunspaces, atriums, and buffer spaces has also been developed for DOE-2. This model simulates interzone convection (forced or natural), and interzone conduction through massive walls. A case study of Warner Hall at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was completed, as part of the DOE Passive Solar Commercial Buildings Program. DOE-2 was used in an analysis of several passive solar and energy conservation retrofit options. The Los Alamos analysis served as a basis for comparison to a more limited (in time and budget) analysis done by the energy consultant for the retrofit project.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6168392
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-81-2209; CONF-810832-4; ON: DE81028737
• Resource Relation: Conference: DOE passive and hybrid solar energy program update, Washington, DC, USA, 9 Aug 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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