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Title: Solar heating and cooling system for an office building at Reedy Creek Utilities

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6549963· OSTI ID:6549963

This final report describes in detail the solar energy system installed in a new two-story office building at the Reedy Creek Utilities Company, which provides utility service to Walt Disney World at Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The solar components were partly funded by the Department of Energy under Contract EX-76-C-01-2401, and the technical management was by NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. The solar energy system application is 100 percent heating, 80 percent cooling, and 100 percent hot water. The collector is a modular cylindrical concentrator type with an area of 3.840 square feet. The storage medium is water with a capacity of 10,000 gallons hot and 10,000 gallons chilled. Design, construction, operation, cost, maintenance, and performance are described in depth. Detailed drawings are included.

Research Organization:
Reedy Creek Utilities Co., Inc., Lake Buena Vista, FL (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EX-76-A-29-1037; EX-76-C-01-2401
OSTI ID:
6549963
Report Number(s):
DOE/NASA/CR-150748
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English