Passive solar-heating retrofit of a maintenance facility: First-year performance
Abstract
A 12,000 sf maintenance facility in Connecticut was retrofitted with a 1,500 sf passive solar Trombe wall, 2 in. of foam roof insulation and a new control system that allows night/weekend temperature setback. A new separate boiler was installed to heat an office/locker wing of the facility. An energy-consumption monitoring system was installed and collected data for 11/2 years before the retrofit and one complete year after the retrofit. Actual energy consumption for the facility was very close to that predicted using simple analytic methods. After the solar wall was installed and other energy-conservation measures implemented the yearly oil consumption was reduced to 2744 gallons/year.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- September 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982STIN...8330827J
- Keywords:
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- Energy Consumption;
- Phase Change Materials;
- Radiative Heat Transfer;
- Solar Heating;
- Space Heating (Buildings);
- Trombe Walls;
- Cost Effectiveness;
- Economic Analysis;
- Energy Technology;
- Solar Energy Absorbers;
- Engineering (General)