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Title: Energy resource alternatives competition. Progress report for the period February 1, 1975--December 31, 1975. [Space heating and cooling, hot water, and electricity for homes, farms, and light industry]

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7351611· OSTI ID:7351611

This progress report describes the objectives and results of the intercollegiate Energy Resource Alternatives competition. The one-year program concluded in August 1975, with a final testing program of forty student-built alternative energy projects at the Sandia Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The goal of the competition was to design and build prototype hardware which could provide space heating and cooling, hot water, and electricity at a level appropriate to the needs of homes, farms, and light industry. The hardware projects were powered by such nonconventional energy sources as solar energy, wind, biologically produced gas, coal, and ocean waves. The competition rules emphasized design innovation, economic feasibility, practicality, and marketability. (auth)

Research Organization:
SCORE, Inc., Cambridge, Mass. (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
E(11-1)-2698
OSTI ID:
7351611
Report Number(s):
COO-2698-1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English