Solar upgrading of low income housing
The design, installation, training and operation experience of retrofitting solar devices (active and passive water heaters, Trombe walls, convective loop window units, etc.) on hundreds of low-income houses along the Southwest Border Region are summarized. The project demonstrates a wide variety of appropriate low-cost solar applications and provides prototypical models for the region's low-income inhabitants. Space heating and cooling systems and water heating systems have been combined with weatherization and conservation techniques. CETA employees, members of various community groups and youth groups, and employees of local non-profit organizations have been trained as installers, and low-income people have been educated in the operation and use of these solar devices. It is anticipated that this transfer of appropriate technology into the region will result in continued retrofitting of solar installations and in the stimulation of local industries, which will create employment opportunities for members of the low-income population.
- Research Organization:
- New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces
- OSTI ID:
- 6757745
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-800604-P3
- Journal Information:
- Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States), Vol. 3.2; Conference: American section of the International Solar Energy Society conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2 Jun 1980
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Review and performance analysis of SUEDE-installed solar-energy systems
Impacts of the Weatherization Assistance Program in Fuel-Oil Heated Houses
Related Subjects
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
RETROFITTING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
ARIZONA
CALIFORNIA
EMPLOYMENT
HOUSES
LOW INCOME GROUPS
NEW MEXICO
PASSIVE SOLAR WATER HEATERS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TEXAS
TROMBE WALLS
WEATHERIZATION
APPLIANCES
BUILDINGS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
HEATERS
HEATING SYSTEMS
HUMAN POPULATIONS
MINORITY GROUPS
NORTH AMERICA
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
POPULATIONS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SOUTHWEST REGION
USA
WALLS
WATER HEATERS
WESTERN REGION
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling
140907 - Solar Thermal Utilization- Water Heating