University Daily Kansan, December 5, 1980
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5 Lawrence homes on sunny side of project
By DAVE KENDALL
By DAVE KENDALL Staff Reporter
Five Lawrence homes will be enjoy sunny days more this winter thanks to the Neighborhood Solar Project recently initiated by the Lawrence Appliance Technology Center, 1101% Massachusetts St.
ATRC received a $2,000 grant in Community Development funding to install various types of solar collectors at local residences. The project was designed as an experiment in community cooperation and as an
educational experience in the installation of simple devices to capture
The homes were converted during October, which was National Solar Action Mission. Volunteers supplied the labor, with the $2,000 grant covering the mortgage.
Gary Webber, an ATRC volunteer who was a director of the project, said there were many people who applied for the devices to be installed in their homes. Selection of recipients was based on availability and orientation building site; qualifications meeting low-income guidelines; and willingness of the owner to participate.
Syria to withdraw border troops
BEIRUT, Lebanon—a Saudi Arabian mediator said yesterday that Syria had promised to withdraw its troops from its border with Jordan. A Syrian official confirmed that the crisis had been resolved, as far as Damascus was concerned.
Fifty thousand Syrian troops, however, remained deployed along the Jordanian frontier. There was no imminent danger on when their withdrawal would heen.
In Washington, a Pentagon spokesman said five planeloads of military spare parts and ammunition would be sent to Jordan within 10 days.
Saudi Prince Abdullah ibn Abdel
Aziz, back from a mediation mission to Darnascus and Amman, Jordan, said Syrian President Hafez Assad had given the trust gradually withdraw the grievance.
In choosing the homes that were to benefit from the project, Webber said it was very important that the owners be interested in the solar concept. He also stressed the importance of proper maintenance.
The success of the project depended upon people who were willing to get involved in the construction and maintenance, as well as an analysis of the efficiency of the devices, Webber said.
Webber said that Lawrence was not well situated for optimum use of solar energy because most of the major streets in the residential areas run north and south. That meant that most area homes had greatest exposure to the east and west, directions not ideal for capturing the sun's rays.
Both countries sent troops to the border after Syria demanded that Jordan stop supporting the Moslem Brotherhood, an underground terrorist organization bent on overthrowing Assad's regime.
Another solar project created a greenhouse environment on a south-facing porch at the home of Fred Lubin, 601 Lyons St. Webber that attached greenhouses offer one of the most efficient and cost-effective means of capturing and using the warmth and light of the sun.
Neva Blair, 1508 Haskell Avenue, also became involved. A passive wall wall collector was constructed on the south wall of her home. This heater was installed during the October project, covering 94 square feet. Materials cost $250.
"We were lucky enough to get five people who were really interested," he said. "If it's to be a success, I think it will depend as much on that as it will on how well the devices have been designed."
"None of the devices we built have
been updated since the company
said. We didn't have a lot of money.
We didn't have a lot of money."
The first person to benefit from the construction project was Lauren Allpress, 767 Maple St. A vertical solar collector was fitted to an outside wall of his house. A fan was incorporated into the system to assist the flow of air.
can be bLOWed over the rocky or water, heating the air which in then heats it.
"As you go farther along and get more serious about it, you can build a device that has water storage or rock storage."
The second beneficiary of the project was Mark Larson, 706 Illinois St. Two window box solar heaters, costing $120 each, were built by the volunteers. One was installed at the Larson home, and the second was to be installed at the home of Hannah Leibengood, 946 New Jersey St.
Both rock and water storage permit the solar devices to be used at night, allowing them to operate in a rock or water-filled container. After the sun goes down, air
Webber said it was too soon to evaluate the project. With cold weather, still interrupted with brief warm spells, the residents had not had enough time to check the effectiveness of their collectors.
The materials for the Allpress home's collector cost $340. It is expected to heat the home's living area on sunny days, even on cold winter days.
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