Passive Solar Heating Design and Construction Guidelines
Workshop 16
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Saturday, May 22
8:30am to 5:30pm
Registration Price: $225 on or before April 1, $245 after April 1, $265 on-site (includes lunch)
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Presented by: Alfredo Fernández-González, Associate Professor of Architecture and Director of the Natural Energies Advanced Technologies (NEAT) Laboratory, UNLV and Daniel Overbey, Environmental Design Specialist, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Arch
Description: Many people understand the general principles of passive solar heating systems, but few have the practical experience and know-how to successfully design and build high-performance passive solar buildings. The Passive Solar Heating workshop provides attendees with the fundamental science and the practical knowledge necessary to successfully design buildings that incorporate any of the various passive solar systems available today. The workshop draws on a number of strategies, resources, and tools developed and/or refined by the presenters to offer attendees a comprehensive view of passive solar heating systems from basic concepts to critical design guidelines to methods of energy performance and economic assessment.
Materials to be provided to attendees include a workbook that will feature the notes from the workshop, a series of specific design guidelines and worksheets to size and evaluate the four passive solar heating strategies covered in the workshop (Direct Gain, Thermal Storage Walls, Sunspaces, and Roofponds), and a list of helpful online resources.
Who should attend? Architects, builders, residential developers, home owners, and environmental advocates.
8 AIA CEU's - Health & Welfare and Sustainability - available for this session
Additional Workshop Details:
PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP
The purpose of the Passive Solar Heating workshop is to provide the attendees with the information and resources necessary to wisely choose, successfully implement, and confidently assess the performance of various passive solar heating strategies.
CONTENT OF THE WORKSHOP
The workshop will be a full-day event, with a proposed duration of 8 hours (plus a 1-hour lunch break).
Introduction (15 minutes)
8:30 – 8:45 - Welcome and overview, distribution of materials.
Part I: Solar Radiation Basics (1 hour)
8:45 – 9:00 - Solar Geometry and Radiation
9:00 – 9:30 - Evaluating Solar Access and Radiation Collection
9:30 – 9:45 - (Flex Time / Question & Answer)
Part II: Thermal Analysis Basics (1 hour, 15 minutes)
9:45 – 10:00 - Principles of Heat Transfer
10:00 – 10:30 - Heat Flow in Buildings
10:30 – 10:45 - Effects of Thermal Mass in Buildings
10:45 – 11:00 - (Flex Time / Question & Answer)
Part III: Passive Solar Heating Systems Overview (1 hour, 30 minutes)
11:00 – 11:15 - Direct Gain (DG) + Case Study
11:15 – 11:30 - Trombé-Wall (TW) + Case Study
11:30 – 11:45 - Water-Wall (WW) + Case Study
11:45 – 12:00 - Sunspace (SS) + Case Study (Indirect and Direct)
12:00 – 12:15 - Roofpond-Southwest (RP-SW) + Case Study
12:15 – 12:30 - Roofpond-North (RP-N) + Case Study
ONE HOUR LUNCH BREAK
Part IV: Design Guidelines (2 hours)
1:30 – 1:45 - Introduction to LANL Passive Solar Project
1:45 – 2:00 - DG Design Guidelines
2:00 – 2:15 - TW Design Guidelines
2:15 – 2:30 - WW Design Guidelines
2:30 – 2:45 - SS Design Guidelines
2:45 – 3:15 - RP Design Guidelines
3:15 – 3:30 - (Flex Time / Question & Answer)
Part V: Predicting the Passive Solar Heating Performance (1 hour, 45 minutes)
3:30 – 4:00 - The Load-Collector Ratio Method – Explained
4:00 – 4:30 - The Load-Collector Ratio Method – Calculation Example
4:30 – 4:45 - Overview of Software Platforms Available to Assist Designers
Wrap-Up and Conclusions (15 minutes)
4:45 – 5:15 - Final Question & Answer Period.
5:15 – 5:30 - Wrap-up and Workshop Evaluation.
PRESENTERS’ CURRENT POSITIONS AND EXPERTISE
Alfredo Fernández-González:
Alfredo is an Associate Professor of Architecture and Director of the Natural Energies Advanced Technologies (NEAT) Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Alfredo is a life-time member of ASES and a member of the Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE).
Daniel Overbey:
Dan is the Environmental Design Specialist at Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects (Indianapolis, IN). He presently serves as Communications Chair at the U.S. Green Building Council, Indiana Chapter. In addition to working at Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects, Dan is a part-time instructor of architecture at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
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