DoD Should Give More Consideration to Passive Solar Systems for New Military Family Housing.

Abstract

GAO found that the Department of Defense (DOD) was making limited use of active and passive solar systems in its military family housing units. After DOD evaluated the potential for using various configurations of active systems, it generally found such systems uneconomical. However, it did not give equal or adequate consideration to passive solar systems. It had not established a policy nor provided guidance to the military services concerning passive solar. As a result, detailed evaluations for passive systems were not routinely made. This report contains recommendations which should help ensure that passive solar systems are adequately considered and included on new military family housing units where economical.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 17, 1982
Accession Number
ADA118044

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Contractors
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Energy Systems
  • Geographic Regions
  • Hot Water
  • Housing Projects
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Military Families
  • Solar Energy
  • Solar Heating
  • Solar System
  • United States

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Software Engineering
  • Solar Physics