The Design and Performance of Four Passive Solar Residences
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1985
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American Solar energy Society, Inc.
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Four passive solar houses in Iowa designed by the author are described and compared in this paper . The f1rst two residences discussed employ one lane lap pools just inside south walls of glass. The first example is an old fannhouse which has been
added onto and retrofitted. The design and perfonnance of the house is compared to that of the second example, a newly constructed sup er insulated residence. The third house incorporates a direct gain addition to an existing residence. A so1Jth facing wall was removed to create a large open interior space. The fourth desiqn is an example of a sun space addition to an existing house and employs doorways and automatic dampers to transfer heat from the sunspace to the house.
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This paper is published as Osterberg, A.E. The Design and Performance of Four Passive Solar Residences. Presented at Proceedings of the 10th national Passive Solar Conference the Solar Energy & Utilities Conference. The Daylighting Applications conference. The Building with the Sun Conference. Alexander Wilson & William Glennie, editors. 1985; 58-63. Posted with permission.