Case study of the Mastin double-envelope house
Abstract
An evaluation is made of a double-envelope house of Ekose, a design built by Robert Mastin in Middletown, Rhode Island. The home has two shells with an airspace between through which air can circulate. Performance monitoring of the house in the heating season showed that the requirements for auxiliary heat are very low, about 2.1 Btu per square foot of floor space per degree-day. Design changes are identified which could reduce the heating requirement even further. This ranks the house among the most energy-efficient building designs available today. It is concluded that the low heating needs of the house are due primarily to the excellent insulative value of the double shell.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- May 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981STIN...8226513J
- Keywords:
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- Energy Conservation;
- Energy Conversion Efficiency;
- Insulation;
- Shells (Structural Forms);
- Ventilation;
- Buildings;
- Heating;
- Heating Equipment;
- Residential Energy;
- Solar Energy;
- Temperature Control;
- Temperature Distribution;
- Engineering (General)