Performance of the RPI Passive Solar Visitors Information Center Building for 1982
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6315320
A performance evaluation of the RPI Passive Solar Visitors Center is presented. Data have been taken and analyzed for January through December 1982. The yearly total energy use is 58.9 MW-h/y (201 MBtu/y), or on a per unit floor area basis, 123 kW-h/m/sup 2/-y (38.7 kBtu/ft/sup 2/-y). These figures agree reasonably well with updated simulation, rather than design simulation, provided realistic values for the interior thermostat set points are used. This energy use represents a 70% reduction in total energy consumption relative to standards of the New York State Energy Conservation Construction Code (construction regulations meant to ensure that energy use in new buildings is below certain values).
- Research Organization:
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC02-80CS30350
- OSTI ID:
- 6315320
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CS/30350-T1; ON: DE86004980
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
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ATTACHED GREENHOUSES
BUILDINGS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
EARTH BERMS
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
GREENHOUSES
HEAT STORAGE
HEATING SYSTEMS
INSOLATION
MASS
MONITORING
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
PERFORMANCE
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SIMULATION
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
STORAGE
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
THERMAL MASS
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
142000 -- Solar Energy-- Heat Storage-- (1980-)
ATTACHED GREENHOUSES
BUILDINGS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
EARTH BERMS
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
GREENHOUSES
HEAT STORAGE
HEATING SYSTEMS
INSOLATION
MASS
MONITORING
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
PERFORMANCE
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SIMULATION
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
STORAGE
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
THERMAL MASS