Energy-conserving site design: case study, The Woodlands, Texas

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5069609· OSTI ID:5069609

Swanson, M

The Woodlands is a HUD Title VII New Town located north of Houston. It includes 22,000 acres and the plan for the new town consists of 6 residential villages, a town center called the Metro Center and several additional tracts, such as the Trade Center for larger-scale industrial use. Each village is to be structured around one large and several supporting neighborhood centers. Ultimate population is planned to be 150,000. Included in this report are sections on background, team structure and organization, methodological considerations, the conventional and energy-conserving plan, constraints to implementation, and general conclusions and next phases.

• Research Organization: The Woodlands Development Corp., TX (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Solar Energy
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-78CS20056
• OSTI ID: 5069609
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/20056-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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