The BigHorn Home Improvement Center; Silverthorne, Colorado

Book · Tue Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2001

OSTI ID:775869

Epstein, K; Torcellini, P

The BigHorn Home Improvement Center in Silverthorne, Colorado, was designed using a whole-building approach, looking at the way that the building's site, windows, walls, floors, electrical, and mechanical systems could work together most efficiently. The center includes a hardware store and building materials warehouse space, and features a 9.0 kw photovoltaic system to provide an average of 25% of the building's electricity. The BigHorn Center is one of the nation's first commercial buildings to integrate daylighting and natural ventilation cooling systems into a retail space. It is expected to reduce energy costs by 62% compared to conventionally designed retail buildings.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• OSTI ID: 775869
• Report Number(s): NREL/BR-550-28545; DOE-102000-1143; TRN: AH200112%%374
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 2 Jan 2001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
BUILDING MATERIALS
COLORADO
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
COOLING SYSTEMS
ELECTRICITY
ENERGY ACCOUNTING
VENTILATION
WINDOWS
BIGHORN
HOME IMPROVEMENT
HIGH PERFORMANCE
RETAIL
MOUNTAIN
HIGH ALTITUDE
SILVERTHORNE
HARDWARE
WHOLE-BUILDING APPROACH
PV
PHOTOVOLTAICS
TRANSPIRED SOLAR COLLECTOR
RADIANT FLOOR HEATING
CLERESTORY
COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTING
DAYLIGHTING