Passive heating/cooling integration for a 100 year old farmhouse

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

OSTI ID:6482041

Blue, H N

A two story farmhouse was repaired and remodeled to withstand temperature extremes the year around by using only the natural heating/cooling of its materials and surroundings. The warmth of the earth in the crawl space keeps the plumbing from feezing in the winter. The house is ventilated by natrual flow in summer. This natural heating/cooling reduces the amount of temperature change required for comfort conditions by half or more at temperature extremes of winter or summer. At design conditions the amount of temperature change needed for comfort is moderate. Little, if any, temperature changes are required for comfort in fall and spring.

• OSTI ID: 6482041
• Report Number(s): CONF-801016-(Vol.2)
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 5.2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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