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• ~Y OFD, , ~~ •, .,• ~.'%, University of Houston HOUSTON, TEXAS 77004 Solar Enorgy Laboratory 713/749-4861 27 January 1977 People: NASA and ERDA are developing solar heating and cooling systems which they plan to install and test in buildings at various locations throughout the coun- try. As part of this effort, they propose to install and testa solar powered heating and cooling system in a government-owned building (including local, state, and federal governments as well as school districts) in the Houston area. This activity is being handled through the Texas Governor's Energy Advisory Council (GEAC) and the Texas Solar Energy Society (TxSES). The Houston Solar Energy Society (HSES) has been asked to assist in identifying buildings suitable for the installation. The system planned for the Houston area is a 75-ton Rankine Cycle heating . and cooling system now being developed for NASA under contract by Air Research Corporation of California. It is scheduled for installation in May, 1978. The system can be designed into a new building or retrofitted into an existing building. The building must be thermally well designed and have an efficient con- ventional heating and cooling system. Building orientation is not critical, but it would have to have sufficient area (probably roof area) for installation of southern-facing panels. Further, the panels must not be shaded by trees or other buildings, either now or in the future. NASA would require the building owner to pay for any major building modifica- tions which might be necessary to accomodate the ERDA/NASA furnished solar heat- ing and cooling equipment. The government would fund the equipment and its instal- lation using local contractors for installation. They will also install a data collection system which will send data directly and automatically to computers at the Marshall Spaceflight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. After the testing and demonstration phase is completed. the equipment will probably be donated to the building owner although it could be removed if preferable. • EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER