Solar greenhouses in hot humid climates

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980 · Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6477361

Meyers, III, A C

The utilization of solar greenhouses in hot humid climates offers unique problems and challenges. In the hot humid Gulf coastal region and the Southeastern United States, solar greenhouses can be used for both passive heating and to enhance passive cooling. The basic principles for the use of solar greenhouse applications in hot humid climates and three finished examples of solar greenhouses which were built and tested, on different residential structures are presented to illustrate and refine the modeling techniques. How regular greenhouses can be modified for use as solar greenhouses in hot humid climates will also be discussed and illustrated with a separate example. In both modeling and actual construction, actual experimental data was used to determine final configurations and selection from the available options. The results of the various winter and summer shading methods will be presented. The emphasis will be on the final solar greenhouse designed as a result of the two previous semi-experimental designs, which were used to determine design parameters.

• Research Organization: Institute of Basic and Applied Research, Inc., Ames, IA
• OSTI ID: 6477361
• Report Number(s): CONF-801016-(Vol.1)
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 5.1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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