Design and Evaluation of Energy-Efficient Modular Classroom Structures, Phase II (original) (raw)
The authors are developing innovations to enable modular builders to improve the energy performance of their classrooms with a minimum increase in first cost. The Modern Building Systems` (MBS) classroom building conforms to the stringent Oregon and Washington energy codes, and at $18/S.F. (FOB the factory) it is at the low end of the cost range for modular classrooms. The authors are investigating daylighting, cross-ventilation, solar preheat of ventilation air, electric lighting controls, and down-sizing HVAC systems. In Phase 2 the number of baseline buildings was expanded by simulating buildings that would be typical of those produced by MBS for each of the seven locations/climates. A number of parametric simulations were performed for each energy strategy. Additionally the authors refined their previous algorithm for a solar ventilation air wall preheater and developed an algorithm for a roof preheater configuration. These algorithms were codes as functions in DOE 2.1E.
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