University Daily Kansan
Thursday, April 27, 1978
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Solar homes help owners keep bills low
By LYNN BYCZYNSKI
Staff Writer
Local solar-heated homes proved this year that the rays of the sun can overpower plants and heat them.
Tom Dean, professor of architecture and engineering, said yesterday that his solar heating system supplied 80 percent of his hot water and 70 percent of his heat in the past winter.
Dean said that since his house was built two years ago, he had never spent more than $11 a month on electricity to supplement his solar heat and that his total electric bill had never exceeded $50 a month.
"When I compare my bills with friends who live in all-electric homes and were spending between $250 and $400 a month, I'm satisfied with my system," he said.
Carolynn Crawford, who designed her solar home at 2011 Orchard Lane, said that the sun took care of her hot water needs and had to provide it for her. Crawford did not use the solar system for
heating from December through February,
she said, her first winter in the house.
INSTEAD, THE HOUSE was heated by electricity so that in future years she would know how much electricity the solar heating system conserved.
Crawford, whose husband is a professor of anthropology at the University, said if she could prove her house was 70 percent energy-independent, she would be elibil
for a 35 percent reduction in property taxes
under a Kansas law that goes into effect in
the city.
Judging by the solar system's heat production in the months before December and after February, Crawford said she could expect her home's heat to be supplied by sun power.
Crawford said that in October solar supplied supplies all of her heat and
Senate approves budget, refuses to cut allocations
The vote was 64-27.
The rate was 10.7%.
The amount, for fiscal year 1979 starting
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Senate, rejecting all proposed cuts, yesterday approved a $836 billion federal budget impact on unemployment and restrain inflation next year.
Court affirms speech right
WASHINGTON (AP) - Corporations have a constitutional right to speak on all political issues, a sharply divided Supreme Court ruled yesterday.
Voting 8-4, the justices struck down a Massachusetts law that had扣除了 cowboy gambling.
known views on issues not materially affecting their business.
In a strongly worded dissent, Justice Byron R. White said the court may have ordered the federal Correct Practices Act, a law barring lawyers spending money to help political candidates.
Oct. 1, is $500 million less than President Obama issued and would bring a deficit of $8 billion.
In three days of debate, the Senate rejected every proposal to cut the framework figure, which had been proposed by the Budget Committee, or to shift funds within the budget.
The House considers the budget next week. The result will guide Congress in passing tax and spending bills between now and later. Then Congress will refine the budget fixtures.
The Senate Budget Committee estimated that under its formula unemployment would fall from its recent 6.2 percent to 5.7 percent by the end of 1979. It assumed an increase of one-tenth of 1 percent in the inflation rate.
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IF THE solar heating system is as efficient as Crawford expects it to be, she said, she will save more than $100 a month in electric bills during the winter.
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hot water and that her electric bill for lights and appliances was $0. In January, when electricity was being used to heat the house, the electric bill soared to $170.
Dean said one of the most important factors contributing to the efficiency of the solar homes was the energy-conserving design. Both houses were built to be solar heated and incorporate many devices, such as double doors, to prevent heat loss
Dean's house, six miles south of Lawrence, was built four feet into the ground on two sides for better insulation. The greenhouse from an attached greenhouse in the winter.
the summer are another energy-saving feature.
Both houses have central rooms open to the roof to allow warm air to rise to the upper stories. Glazed windows with shutters are closed to prevent drafts during the winter and block the sun during
THE HOUSES use heat pumps as backups for their solar heating systems. Water is heated in the solar collectors on the roof, then stored in a basement tank. The 1,500 gallons of water can supply enough heat for three to four sunless winter days.
air locks, which are double doors, prevent heat loss from the entranceways.
When the supply runs out, or when the sun cannot heat the water to at least 95 degrees, a heat pump will raise the temperature of the water to that point.
Dean said he did not need his heat pump until mid-December last year. For the past month, he has been relying completely on solar energy.
The solar collectors on Dean's house are on the south side of the roof. Crawford's home is circular, with the collectors around the roof to track the sun throughout the day.
Crawford said one of the greatest benefits
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of the new home had been the effectiveness of a pool in her living room for humidifying the house. Her plants are lush, his sin problems have disappeared and his harp, which is very sensitive to changes in humidity, never goes out of tune, she said.
Dean said that he planned to build a wind-powered generator this summer to supply his house with energy on cloudy, windy days.
"My house has become my country club," Dean said. "I spend all my spare time there, constantly developing better ways to make it energy efficient."
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