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Solar heating feasibility study. Interim report, 1 Jul 1974--1 Jun 1975

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7138546
A growing number of buildings are equipped to capture solar energy for space and water heating. Calculations for a local Navy two-story apartment building using available weather and insolation data indicate that during a typical year a solar collector with an area of 1000 square feet, 1/3 the plan area of the building, could supply 173 million Btu, 37% of the heat required, at an annual cost of $9 per million Btu. This could be reduced to $5 per million Btu if the first cost of the collector were reduced from the estimated $8 to $3 per square foot.
Research Organization:
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. (USA). Environmental Protection Research and Development Team
OSTI ID:
7138546
Report Number(s):
AD-A-025465; USNA-EPRD-12A
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English