Passive Solar Retrofit and Community Education Package for a Multi-Use Commercial Building

摘要

The project had three objectives. The first goal was to demonstrate proven solar technologies in a community which was busily outlawing windows in new construction. The second goal was conservation of natural gas and electricity used by the building. The third and final goal was educational. To that end, Seminars and workshops were conducted on subjects ranging from weatherization to solar heat and passive cooling. These seminars are being continued with hundreds of participants annually. In addition, public presentations have been made on site, in colleges, universities and junior colleges in Oklahona, the Oklahoma Energy Expo, and several festivals and open houses on the Paseo. As a bi-product of this effort, several topic specific workbooks and slide presentations were developed and an extensive library has been made available to the public in the Soft Path Reading Room. The project included a roof top sunspace, an air destratification system, a domestic hot water system and a monitoring system. The performance of these systems is discussed and photographs of the systems are included. (ERA citation 09:007404)