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Title: Solar project description for Gill Harrop, Builders, single-family detached residence, Big Flats, New York

Abstract

The Gill Harrop Builders Site is a house with approximately 1360 square feet of conditioned space heated by a direct gain system with manually operated insulated curtains. Solar heating is augmented by electric resistance heating, and a wood burning stove may be installed. Sunlight is admitted through both south facing windows and through clerestory collector panels and is absorbed and stored as heat in a concrete floor and wall. Heat is then distributed by natural convection and radiation. Temperature regulation is assisted by earth berms. Three modes of operation are described: collector-to-storage, storage-to-space heating, and passive space cooling, which is accomplished by shading, movable insulation, and ventilation. The instrumentation for the National Solar Data Network is described. The solar energy portion of the construction costs is estimated to be $7000. (LEW)

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5247611
Report Number(s):
SOLAR/1096-82/50
ON: DE82014984
DOE Contract Number:  
AB01-76CS31020
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; DIRECT GAIN SYSTEMS; CURTAINS; DESIGN; HOUSES; AUXILIARY HEATING; CONCRETES; COST; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; EARTH BERMS; FLOORS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NEW YORK; OPERATION; SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMAL MASS; VENTILATION; WALLS; WINDOWS; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CONVECTION; ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT; FEDERAL REGION II; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING; HEATING SYSTEMS; MASS; MATERIALS; NORTH AMERICA; OPENINGS; PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS; SPACE HEATING; STORAGE; USA; 140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling

Citation Formats

. Solar project description for Gill Harrop, Builders, single-family detached residence, Big Flats, New York. United States: N. p., 1982. Web. doi:10.2172/5247611.
. Solar project description for Gill Harrop, Builders, single-family detached residence, Big Flats, New York. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5247611
. 1982. "Solar project description for Gill Harrop, Builders, single-family detached residence, Big Flats, New York". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5247611. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5247611.
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abstractNote = {The Gill Harrop Builders Site is a house with approximately 1360 square feet of conditioned space heated by a direct gain system with manually operated insulated curtains. Solar heating is augmented by electric resistance heating, and a wood burning stove may be installed. Sunlight is admitted through both south facing windows and through clerestory collector panels and is absorbed and stored as heat in a concrete floor and wall. Heat is then distributed by natural convection and radiation. Temperature regulation is assisted by earth berms. Three modes of operation are described: collector-to-storage, storage-to-space heating, and passive space cooling, which is accomplished by shading, movable insulation, and ventilation. The instrumentation for the National Solar Data Network is described. The solar energy portion of the construction costs is estimated to be $7000. (LEW)},
doi = {10.2172/5247611},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5247611}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 23 00:00:00 EST 1982},
month = {Fri Apr 23 00:00:00 EST 1982}
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