Spicewood office park. A case study in passive solar office design. Austin, Texas

Holder L M.
window, ventilation, energy consumption, natural ventilation, office building, storm window, solar heating, passive solar house
Year:
1982
Bibliographic info:
Proceedings of the designing and managing energy conscious commercial buildings workshop Denver, Colorado. 19-20th July 1982, USA, MCC Associates Inc. 1983, 105-113, 8 figs, #DATE 00:07:1983 in English

The above new building is described. Main features of this building are shade from trees, south windows catch the breeze in summer and insolation in the winter, insulated foundations, roof and wall insulation, solar collectors toprovide all hot water heating and 75% of space heating, thermally massive walls to stabilise temperature, various natural ventilation and air conditioning options, and storm windows. Energy consumption details are given.

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