- Author
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Sabatiuk, P. A.
- Title
- Statistical Analysis of Thermal Performance Predictions of Passive Solar Heated Residences.
- Coporate
- Mueller Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBS GCR 81-341,
January 1982,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NBS-78-3534
- Keywords
-
residential buildings; solar heating; heat storage; heat loss; heating load; cooling load; guidelines
- Identifiers
- passive solar heating systems; passive solar cooling systems; data bases
- Abstract
- In support of the development of thermal performance criteria for residential passive solar buildings, a statistical and graphical analysis of design, climatic, and predicted performance data was performed for houses in the HUD Passive Residential Design Competition and the HUD Cycle 5 Residential Solar Demonstration Program. These passive residences are located in all regions of the United States requiring space heating, and they represent a variety of passive solar systems types including direct gain, indirect gain, and solarium (isolated gain) type systems. The results of these analyses are being used to develop proposed minimum acceptable levels of thermal performance for the residential passive performance criteria. A large data base was compiled for the houses in these two HUD cycles, including parameters such as solar aperture area, January net solar contribution, and auxiliary energy use.