Patoka Nature Center: a direct gain, passive solar building in southern Indiana

Book · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6334225

Fuller Moore, R A

The Nature Center is a 3200 sq. ft. public building presently under construction and scheduled for completion in May 1979. The building's design includes an A-frame type roof with the south 1530 sq. ft. 60/sup 0/ roof slope double glazed with movable Beadwall insulation. This slope is fabricated using standard greenhouse components to form the Beadwall envelope. A commercially available acoustical tile, (with mirror-finish aluminized polyester film), is used on the north ceiling slope to reflect insolation to the thermal floor mass, minimizing diffuse ceiling reflection back through the south glass. Interior partitions formed by rows of fiberglass provide additional insolation thermal storage.

• OSTI ID: 6334225
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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