A Passive Solar Retrofit Study for Concrete Block Buildings.

Abstract

A passive solar retrofit study has been conducted for the Navy at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The purpose of the study was to determine the energy savings obtainable in concrete block buildings from several passive solar heating and conservation strategies. A procedure involving the use of test cell data and computer simulation was employed to assess the merits of six retrofit options. The six strategies selected were chosen on the basis of providing a series of options that will deliver increasing energy savings at the cost of correspondingly increased levels of commitment. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA110189

Entities

People

  • Charles R. Miles
  • Claudia E. Kosiewicz
  • William O. Wray

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accumulators
  • Air Gaps
  • California
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Simulations
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Dielectric Polymers
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • New Mexico
  • Radiation
  • Simulations
  • Solar Collectors
  • Solar Energy
  • Solar Radiation
  • United States

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.