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Solar photovoltaic applications seminar: design, installation and operation of small, stand-alone photovoltaic power systems

Description: This seminar material was developed primarily to provide solar photovoltaic (PV) applied engineering technology to the Federal community. An introduction to photoconductivity, semiconductors, and solar photovoltaic cells is included along with a demonstration of specific applications and application identification. The seminar details general systems design and incorporates most known information from industry, academia, and Government concerning small solar cell power system design engineering… more
Date: July 1, 1980
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Residential wood-combustion-equipment standards and testing workshop

Description: Explored are concerns related to proper safety, acceptable practices, and consumer protection as related to woodburning. Issues relating to safety and efficiency testing are discussed and the implications of these programs for the manufacturer, dealer and distributor are related. Also, consumer related problems regarding truth in advertising, product safety, building codes and standards, and insurance implications are dealt with. (LEW)
Date: December 1, 1980
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Code manual for passive solar design single family residential construction

Description: General information is presented on types of passive solar techniques and a method for estimating passive solar performance. Important codes and standards are described, each description listing the items in the code which could have a potential impact on a passive solar design and analyzing the effect of the code on the use of such techniques. State and local codes and code agencies are summarized. The local summary contains the name of a contact in the enforcement agency to whom specific ques… more
Date: August 1, 1979
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Seminar on building codes and standards

Description: A seminar was conducted for state building code officials and state energy officials to discuss the following: status of the states regulatory activities for energy conservation standards for buildings; the development, administration, and enforcement processes for energy conservation standards affecting new construction; lighting and thermal standards for existing buildings; status of the development and implementation of the Title III Program, Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS); and… more
Date: January 1, 1980
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Second-generation-heliostat optimization studies. Final report

Description: The objective of this study was to define and quantify cost reductions in the Martin Marietta Denver Aerospace Second Generation Heliostat resulting from design and cost optimization. These cost reductions were based on optimizing the heliostat performance vs. cost and engineering design, and reviewing the design specification in selected technological areas with a goal of removing nonrealistic requirements and eliminating or minimizing overdesign. Specific technological areas investigated were… more
Date: May 1, 1982
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Commercial Application of a Photovoltaic Concentrator system. Phase I. Final report, 1 June 1978-28 February 1979

Description: This report documents the design and analysis of the BDM CAPVC (Commercial Application of a Photovoltaic Concentrator) system. The preliminary design, prototype test and evaluation, system analysis, and final design of a large-scale concentrating photovoltaic system are described. The application is on an attractive new office building which represents a large potential market. The photovoltaic concentrating array is a roof-mounted, single-axis linear parabolic trough, using single crystalline … more
Date: April 1, 1980
Creator: Anderson, D. J.; Anderson, E. R. & Bardwell, K. M.
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Residential photovoltaic module and array requirement study. Low-Cost Solar Array Project engineering area. Final report appendices

Description: This volume contains the appendices to a study to identify design requirements for photovoltaic modules and arrays used in residential applications. Appendices include: (1) codes, standards, and manuals of accepted practice-definition and importance; (2) regional code variations-impact; (3) model and city codes-review; (4) National Electric Code (NEC)-review; (5) types of standards-definition and importance; (6) federal standards-review; (7) standards review method; (8) manuals of accepted prac… more
Date: June 1, 1979
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Building codes as barriers to solar heating and cooling of buildings

Description: The application of building codes to solar energy systems for heating and cooling of buildings is discussed, using as typical codes the three model building codes most widely adopted by states and localities. Some potential barriers to solar energy systems are found, federal and state programs to deal with these barriers are discussed, and alternatives are suggested. To remedy this, a federal program is needed to encourage state adoption of standards and acceptance of certification of solar sys… more
Date: April 1, 1978
Creator: Meeker, F.O. III
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Aspects of blast resistant masonry design

Description: Blast resistant design should be examined for building code incorporation, due to the potential of explosions occurring in an industrial society. Specifically, public and commercial structures of concrete masonry construction need additional building code criteria, since these buildings have high density populations to protect. Presently, blast resistant design is accomplished by using government published manuals, but these do not address industry standard construction. A design air blast load… more
Date: January 1, 1989
Creator: Volkman, D. E.
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Photovoltaic subsystem optimization and design tradeoff study. Final report

Description: Tradeoffs and subsystem choices are examined in photovoltaic array subfield design, power-conditioning sizing and selection, roof- and ground-mounted structure installation, energy loss, operating voltage, power conditioning cost, and subfield size. Line- and self-commutated power conditioning options are analyzed to determine the most cost-effective technology in the megawatt power range. Methods for reducing field installation of flat panels and roof mounting of intermediate load centers are … more
Date: March 1, 1982
Creator: Stolte, W. J.
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Model document for code officials on solar heating and cooling of buildings. First draft

Description: The primary purpose of this document is to promote the use and further development of solar energy through a systematic categorizing of all the attributes in a solar energy system that may impact on those requirements in the nationally recognized model codes relating to the safeguard of life or limb, health, property, and public welfare. Administrative provisions have been included to integrate this document with presently adopted codes, so as to allow incorporation into traditional building, p… more
Date: March 1, 1979
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Residential photovoltaic module and array requirements study. Final report

Description: Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates has conducted a study to identify design requirements for photovoltaic modules and arrays used in residential applications. Building codes and referenced standards were reviewed for their applicability to residential photovoltaic array installations. Four installation types were identified - integral (replaces roofing), direct (mounted on top of roofing), stand-off (mounted away from roofing), and rack (for flat or low slope roofs, or ground mounted). Insta… more
Date: June 1, 1979
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Closed Crawl Space Performance: Proof of Concept in the Production Builder Marketplace

Description: This overview is intended to be a very concise, limited summary of the key project activities discussed in the detailed report that follows. Due to the large scope of this project, the detailed report is broken into three individually titled sections. Each section repeats key background information, with the goal that the sections will eventually stand alone as complete reports on the major activities of the project. The information presented herein comes from ongoing research, so please note t… more
Date: October 30, 2008
Creator: Malkin-Weber, Melissa; Dastur, Cyrus; Mauceri, Maria & Hannas, Benjamin
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Advanced Energy Efficient Roof System

Description: Energy consumption in buildings represents 40 percent of primary U.S. energy consumption, split almost equally between residential (22%) and commercial (18%) buildings.1 Space heating (31%) and cooling (12%) account for approximately 9 quadrillion Btu. Improvements in the building envelope can have a significant impact on reducing energy consumption. Thermal losses (or gains) from the roof make up 14 percent of the building component energy load. Infiltration through the building envelope, incl… more
Date: September 30, 2008
Creator: Davidson, Jane
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Hurricane Katrina Wind Investigation Report

Description: This investigation of roof damage caused by Hurricane Katrina is a joint effort of the Roofing Industry Committee on Weather Issues, Inc. (RICOWI) and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory/U.S. Department of Energy (ORNL/DOE). The Wind Investigation Program (WIP) was initiated in 1996. Hurricane damage that met the criteria of a major windstorm event did not materialize until Hurricanes Charley and Ivan occurred in August 2004. Hurricane Katrina presented a third opportunity for a wind damage inves… more
Date: August 15, 2007
Creator: Desjarlais, A. O.
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Energy Efficiency as a Preferred Resource: Evidence from Utility Resource Plans in the Western United States and Canada

Description: This article examines the future role of energy efficiency as a resource in the Western United States and Canada, as envisioned in the most recent resource plans issued by 16 utilities, representing about 60percent of the region's load. Utility and third-party administered energy efficiency programs proposed by 15 utilities over a ten-year horizon would save almost 19,000 GWh annually, about 5.2percent of forecast load. There are clear regional trends in the aggressiveness of proposed energy sa… more
Date: September 15, 2008
Creator: Hopper, Nichole; Barbose, Galen; Goldman, Charles & Schlegel, Jeff
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Role of government in solar energy development: a view from the Northwest

Description: Several economic feasibility studies of solar heating in the Northwest are described. The case for federal assistance to the solar industry and the consumer is developed. The solar-related activities undertaken by the Northwest states of Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and Montana are detailed. Finally, roles are addressed which municipal government may play either to encourage or to deter the widespread use of solar heating systems. (MHR)
Date: August 1, 1978
Creator: Goodnight, J.A. & King, S.T.
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Energy design for architects

Description: This book contains techniques for energy efficiency in architectural design. Many aspects are covered including: cost; comfort and health; energy use; the design process; and analytical techniques. 202 figs. (JF)
Date: January 1, 1989
Creator: Shaw, A. (ed.)
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US Department of Energy natural phenomena design/evaluation guidelines/lessons learned

Description: In the spring of 1988, DOE Order 6430.1A, General Design Criteria (1), was issued for use. This document references UCRL-15910, Design and Evaluation Guidelines for DOE Facilities Subjected to Natural Phenomena Hazards (2), which is to be used as the basis for the design and evaluation of new and existing facilities to natural phenomena loading. Rather than use the historical deterministic methods for computing structural and component loading from potential natural phenomena, UCRL-15910 incorp… more
Date: August 1, 1991
Creator: Conrads, T. J.
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Land-use barriers and incentives to the use of solar energy

Description: The impact of land-use issues on solar technologies is analyzed and attention is focused specifically on a discussion of on-site uses of active and passive solar heating and cooling. The first area discussed involves land-use regulations which prohibit the installation of solar collectors. Such regulations include both public regulations (zoning laws) and private regulations (restrictive convenants). The widely discussed issue of secure access to sunlight, also known as solar rights, comprises … more
Date: August 1, 1979
Creator: Spivak, P.
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Recommendations for energy conservation standards for new residential buildings: Volume 4, Description of the testing process

Description: This report documents the development and testing of recommendations, from the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) Special Projects Committee No. 53, designed to provide the technical foundation for the Congressionally-mandated energy standard for new residential buildings. The recommendations were developed over a 25-month period by a multidisciplinary project team, under the management of the US Department of Energy and its prime contractor… more
Date: May 1, 1989
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Environmental assessment in support of proposed voluntary energy conservation standard for new residential buildings

Description: The objective of this environmental assessment (EA) is to identify the potential environmental impacts that could result from the proposed voluntary residential standard (VOLRES) on private sector construction of new residential buildings. 49 refs., 15 tabs.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: Hadley, D. L.; Parker, G. B.; Callaway, J. W.; Marsh, S. J.; Roop, J. M. & Taylor, Z. T.
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Standards, building codes, and certification programs for solar technology applicatons

Description: This report is a primer on solar standards development. It explains the development of standards, building code provisions, and certification programs and their relationship to the emerging solar technologies. These areas are important in the commercialization of solar technology because they lead to the attainment of two goals: the development of an industry infrastructure and consumer confidence. Standards activities in the four phases of the commercialization process (applied research, devel… more
Date: July 1, 1979
Creator: Riley, J. D.; Odland, R. & Barker, H.
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