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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Solar House"”.
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Solar House
The Solar House is an investigation that resulted from an inter-disciplinary, design built competition ( the Solar Decathlon). This event was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy in an atempt to integrate architecture, technology, and dwelling. The investigation focused on making a house …
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Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning for a superinsulated solar house
… and specifically a residential building. The Solar Decathlon competition promoted by the Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory force twenty university teams to find as many ways as possible to reduce energy consumption of a small house. For UIUC’s 2009 Solar …
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An Appalachian House: The Design and Analysis of a Passive Solar House
This project is a proposal for the design of a house situated on a plot of land within the town limits of Blacksburg. It incorporates ideas drawn from many sources, particularly from this region of Appalachia -- its geology, architectural heritage, building materials, history, Blacksburg's …
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The Devil is in The Details: The 2005 Virginia Tech Solar House
The central idea of the 2005 Virginia Tech Solar House was to celebrate its solar aspects while integrating the engineering systems and the architecture into a single entity. Through the process of design and construction, the relationship between each detail and the overall architectural concept …
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Optimization of energy parameters in buildings
… This work focuses on two buildings - a passive solar house and an apartment in Beijing. The Beijing apartment is used to study natural ventilation in a space. Both buildings are modeled using EnergyPlus, and analyzed using VBA in Excel. The Genetic Algorithm Optimization Toolbox (GAOT) is used …
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Effects of dubbing on the production and behavior of chickens maintained in different environments from 20 to 72 weeks of age
… half of the birds. One of the large flocks was housed in a conventional type house while the other was housed in a modified solar house. The results obtained on birds in the large flocks indicate that there were no significant differences between comb treatment for any of the following traits: …
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930 sqft of Architecture
There is no primacy to Architecture. For centuries architects have posited formulaic approaches to creating spatial environments. Bold maxims for design have defined entire periods and styles of architecture, and each subsequent postulation attempts to disprove the former by challenging its …