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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816423903321

Autore

Hastings Robert <1945->

Titolo

Solar air systems--built examples / / A, Robert Hastings, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, New York : , : Earthscan, , 2013

1999

ISBN

1-134-25657-4

1-315-07372-2

1-134-25650-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

697/.78

Soggetti

Solar space heating

Hot-air heating

Solar heating

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published by James & James in 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; Foreword; Terminology; Units; I INTRODUCTION; I What is a Solar Air System?; II SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES; II.1 Introduction; II.2 Frei House (Nüziders, Austria); II.3 Gwadt House (St Gallenkappel, Switzerland); II.4 Lenherr House (Schwyz, Switzerland); II.5 Schüpfen House (Schüpfen, Switzerland); II.6 Morhenne Solar House (Ennepetal Rüggeberg, Germany); II.7 Vigander House (Stavanger, Norway); II.8 Summer-House Package (Slettestrand, Denmark); II.9 Humlum House (Jutland, Denmark)

II.10 OKA Haus der Zukunft (Schmiding, Austria)II.11 CSU Solar House II (Fort Collins, Colorado, USA); II.12 Wannseebahn Row Houses (Berlin, Germany); III APARTMENT BUILDINGS; III.1 Introduction; III.2 Marostica Passive Solar Dwelling (Marostica, Italy); III.3 Luino Apartments (Motte, Italy); III.4 A Multi-Family Residential Building (Munich, Germany); III.5 Lützowstrasse Residential Building (Berlin, Germany); III.6 Toftegård Multi-family Houses (Herlev, Denmark); III.7 Havrevangen Project (Hillerød, Denmark); III.8 Rødovre Apartments (Copenhagen, Denmark)

III.9 A Solar Air Apartment Block (Gothenburg, Sweden)III.10 Ouellette Manor Senior Citizens' Building (Windsor, Ontario, Canada); III.11



Weinmeisterhornweg Row Houses (Berlin, Germany); IV SCHOOLS; IV.1 Introduction; IV.2 Secondary Modern School (Koblach, Austria); IV.3 Lochau Kindergarten (Austria); IV.4 Schopfloch Kindergarten (Leonberg-Ezach, Germany); IV.5 Green Park School (Newport Pagnell, UK); V SPORTS HALLS; V.l Introduction; V.2 Karl High School Gymnasium (Munich, Germany); V.3 Athletics Hall, Odenwald School (Heppenheim, Germany); V.4 Stavanger Squash Centre (Norway)

VI INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGSVI.1 Introduction; VI.2 Mätzler Garage (Vorarlberg, Austria); VI.3 Kägi Steel Warehouse (Winterthur, Switzerland); VI.4 Wewer's Brickyard (Helsinge, Denmark); VI.5 Bombardier Inc. Factory (Valcourt, Canada); VI.6 JRC Research Building (Ispra, Italy); VI.7 US Army Hangar (Fort Carson, Colorado, USA); VII OFFICE BUILDINGS; VII.1 Introduction; VII.2 WAT Office Building (Karlsruhe, Germany); APPENDICES

Sommario/riassunto

Thirty-five different buildings with successfully installed solar air systems are described and documented. The building types cover single family houses, apartment buildings, schools, sports halls, and industrial commercial buildings with six different configurations of solar air systems used. Each example building is described over several pages, with plans, performance details and illustrations provided. This is supplemented by a summary of the types of system used.