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Thursday, February 10, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Staff photo by BARRY MASSEY
Model of the solar house to be built in the Pioneer Ridge housing development
Plans for solar house complete
By DAYNA HEIDRICK
Staff Reporter
Preliminary plans for Sunpower House, a solar energy house to be built in Lawrence by the Kansas Power and Light Company (KPL) to test the feasibility of solar energy, were completed this week by Design Build Architects of Lawrence.
Construction on the three-bedroom family dwelling will begin March 15, and occupancy is scheduled for July 15 for a family that KPL will select.
The home will be built in the Pioneer Ridge housing development in west Lawrence and is designed to blend with the surrounding suburban context, according to the architects. Architects are a professional professor of architecture and urban design at KU.
KPI will use Sunpower House for
their equipment years, after which it will
sell the brass.
THE $70,000 house will have 2,200 square feet of space and is designed to use solar energy to heat space and water, and energy conserves energy by gain in heat and heat loss in winter.
KPI, officials said that obtaining information for the Lawrence area was extremely important. They said the weather here is different from the weather in other areas where solar energy homes have been tested, and solar energy and energy conservation methods must be adapted to climatic conditions.
"WE HAVE bigger weather 'swings' here." Bill Woolfhl, KPL director of marking services, said, recalling a time last December when the temperature dropped from the '60's to the teens within 24 hours.
William E. Wall, KPI president, said when the project was announced in January that his company was optimistic that solar energy is a practical source of energy for home use.
"The project is designed to prove that proposition," he said. "On paper, the feasibility of solar power for the future is very promising. Now at Sumway Power House, we have only a handful of panels in Kansas, we've put only pencils to try to prove that solar energy will work."
WALL SAID that one important aspect of the project for KPL was the potential offered by the research for reducing air pollution and the utility's summer peak electric demand.
Cooling for Sunpower House will be stored during off-peak hours using a chiller-type air conditioner that uses stored water. When electric demand is greatest, the stored, chilled water will be used to cool the home without running the air conditioner.
The more efficient use of utilities would
benefit both the consumer, whose bills would be lower, and the company, which wouldn't have to invest capital to build more power plants to meet demands at peak periods. The sizeable investments to build the new plant are not fully used during the rest of the year.
SOLAR COLLECTORS in the roof of a pumpower House will be used to heat water
Gould said designing a tight house to minimize the heat loss and gain was a challenge.
The heat loss in Sunpower House will be one-third that of a conventional house, he said, and the heat gain will be less than one-half of a conventional house.
Gould said all surfaces that make contact with the air or earth will be insulated. Some 2" by 6" stud walls will be used rather than a 4" wall; by 4" and 6" bat insulation will be used.
exposure to the north to avoid heat loss through windows and openings. Evergreen trees will be planted at the northeast corner of the house to reduce air movement, which increase heat loss. The garage and mechanical equipment, on the north side of the house, will act as buffers for the living areas, all of which are on the south side of the house.
GOULD SAID the house would have little
The south side will have two levels of windows and deciduous trees to protect the house from the summer heat and allow as much sun as possible in the winter. Overhangs, or "permanent awnings," will keep the sun out of the windows in the summer months, but allow needed sunlight to enter in the winter, when the sun is lower.
There will be only one opening on the north—a high window used to ventilate the house. The east and west sides will also have only one opening each: doors with an air lock, or an untreated hallway leading to another door.
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Joffrey II Ballet opens tonight
The touring company of the New York City Center's Joffrey Ballet, Joffrey II is the only entertainment in Accent the Arts Department from outside the Lawrence community.
The Joffrey II Company's reputation is that of a spirited, technically proficient and captivating group capable of performing a varied program. The group prefers to announce its program immediately before each performance.
The Joffrey II Ballet Company opens a
variety of dance programs at 8 noon in
Hoch Auditorium.
Tonight's program will include classical and neoclassical ballads chosen from settings including classical and operatic themes, and delicate poetry, illustrations.
Tickets cost $4 and are available at the SUA office.
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Come in today and select the Linux pattern you love most, and tell them to sign up your wish list. You'll be glad you did.
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