(2.) Senate Committee on Commerce, Special Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Commerce, Solar Home Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act of 1973, March 29 and April 5, 1974

SOLAR HOME HEATING AND COOLING
DEMONSTRATION ACT OF 1973

JOINT HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND COMMERCE

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

AND THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2650

TO PROVIDE FOR THE EARLY COMMERCIAL DEMONSTRATION IN
RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND OTHER BUILDINGS OF TECHNOLOGY
FOR SOLAR HEATING AND COMBINED SOLAR HEATING AND COOL-
ING BY THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,
ΤΟ ESTABLISH A NATIONAL SOLAR ENERGY COORDINATING
COUNCIL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
H.R. 11864

TO PROVIDE FOR THE EARLY COMMERCIAL DEMONSTRATION OF
THE TECHNOLOGY OF SOLAR HEATING BY THE NATIONAL AERO-
NAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, IN COOPERATION WITH THE
NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUN-
DATION, THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, AND OTHER
FEDERAL AGENCIES. AND FOR THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND
COMMERCIAL DEMONSTRATION OF TECHNOLOGY FOR COMBINED
SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING

CONTENTS

Opening statement by Senator Tunney.

Text of bills:

S. 2650

H.R. 11864_

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

MARCH 29. 1974

Barr, Irwin R., vice president and director, AAI, Inc.; accompanied by Marvin Kahn, executive vice president; and Hal Wilkening, project manager

Prepared statement--

Boer, Dr. Karl W., director, Institute of Energy Conservation, University of Delaware_

Cranston, Hon. Alan, U.S. Senator from California.

Glesk, Martin, energy construction specialist, Arthur D. Little, Inc____
Prepared statement---

Spielvogel, Lawrence G., Lawrence G. Spielvogel, Inc.; accompanied by
John-Robertson Cox, environmental design collaborative_

Report

APRIL 5, 1974

Opening statement by Senator Tunney

117

Alexander, Dr. C. K., Jr., and Dr. Duane Rost, Solar Energy Task Group,
Youngstown State University--.

184

Prepared statement__

190

Barkmann, Herman, Sun Mountain Design, Ltd.; accompanied by Wayne
Nichols

156

Butt, Sheldon H., director, Market Research and Planning, Olin Brass
Group, Olin Corp.--.

171

Letter of February 13, 1974__.

178

Eberhard, John P., president, The American Institute of Architects Research Corp.; accompanied by Joseph A. Demkin, Department of Professional Practice; and Nicole Gara, director of congressional liaison__ Prepared statement___

130

136

Rappaport, Dr. Paul; accompanied by Sital L. Daryanani, RCA Corp-Romancheck, Bob, supervisor of research and technical services, Pennsylvania Power & Light Co---.

163

143

Prepared statement___

150

Weinberg, Alvin, Director, Office of Energy Research and Development,
Federal Energy Office; accompanied by Robb Thomson__.

118

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES, LETTERS, AND STATEMENTS
Direct Solar Energy Conversion for Terrestrial Use. article_-_.
Solar Heating: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, article----
The Solar House and Its Portends, article..

(3.) Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Special Subcommittee on the National Science Foundation, Solar Home Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act, 1974, March 27, 1974

SOLAR HOME HEATING AND COOLING

DEMONSTRATION ACT, 1974

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON

THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2650

TO PROVIDE FOR THE EARLY COMMERCIAL DEMONSTRATION IN
RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND OTHER BUILDINGS OF TECHNOLOGY
FOR SOLAR HEATING AND COMBINED SOLAR HEATING AND COOL-
ING BY THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,
ΤΟ ESTABLISH A NATIONAL SOLAR ENERGY COORDINATING
COUNCIL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
H.R. 11864

TO PROVIDE FOR THE EARLY COMMERCIAL DEMONSTRATION OF
THE TECHNOLOGY OF SOLAR HEATING BY THE NATIONAL AERO-
NAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, IN COOPERATION WITH THE
NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUN-
DATION, THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, AND OTHER
FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND FOR THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND
COMMERCIAL DEMONSTRATION OF TECHNOLOGY FOR COMBINED
SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING

MARCH 27, 1974

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

CONTENTS

Text of:

Page

S. 2650.

5

H.R. 11864 (as reported from the Committee on Aeronautical and
Space Sciences).

Bisplinghoff, Raymond, Sc. D., Deputy Director, accompanied by Alfred Eggers, Jr., Ph. D., Assistant Director for Research Applications, National Science Foundation____

102

Eggers, Alfred Jr., Ph. D., Assistant Director for Research Applications,
National Science Foundation__---

103

Glaser, Peter E., Dr., vice president, engineering sciences, Arthur D. Little,
Inc., Cambridge, Mass..

149

MacKenzie, James, Dr., member, Massachusetts Audubon Society and NSF/
NASA solar energy panel----

160

Clark, Wilson, consultant to the Environmental Policy Center, Washington, D.C____.

168

Hampton, John, associate director, National Tenants Organization, Inc.,
Washington, D.C__.

234

STATEMENTS

Bisplinghoff, Raymond, Sc. D., Deputy Director, accompanied by Alfred Eggers, Jr., Ph. D., Assistant Director for Research Applications, National Science Foundation__.

102

Clark, Wilson, consultant to the Environmental Policy Center, Washington, D.C

227

Prepared statement_-_

227

Eggers, Alfred Jr., Ph. D., Assistant Director for Research Applications,
National Science Foundation..

103

Prepared statement---

129

Glaser. Peter E., Dr., vice president, engineering sciences, Arthur D.
Little, Inc., Cambridge, Mass.-

149

Prepared statement---

155

Hampton, John, associate director, Nationad Tenants Organization, Inc.,
Washington, D.C.----

234

Prepared statement__

244

Löf, George O. G., director, Solar Energy Laboratory, Colorado State Uni-
versity, and president, International Solar Energy Society----
MacKenzie, James, Dr., member, Massachusetts Audubon Society and
NSF/NASA solar energy panel..

257

160

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Articles, publications, etc. :

Alternative Energy Systems and Components, by Solar Wind, Co.,
North Orland, Maine. January 1974__.

163

Economics of Solar Collectors, Heat Pumps and Wind Generators, autonomous housing study, working paper 3, by Berry E. Smith___

173

IV

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION-Continued

Articles, publications, etc.-Continued

Energy R. & D. and National Progress, prepared for the Energy Study Page
Group under the direction of Ali Bulent Cambel..

210

Response of National Science Foundation____.

207

Solar Energy as a National Energy Resource, by NSF/NASA solar
energy panel, December 1972---

259

Wind Energy Conversion Systems, background memorandum from the
National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C‒‒‒‒‒‒

113

Charts:

Figure 1.-A dramatic improvement in the quality of continuous single
crystal ribbon, showing actual process for creating this ribbon----
Figure 2.-Showing the performance of these ribbons is approaching
close to that of silicon produced at much higher cost through
present wafer technology--.

Figure 3.-Showing solar thermal conversion_-_

Figure 4.-Showing a central receiver that will heat the working
fluid to 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit to produce electrical power____.
Figure 5.-Showing 100 kilowatt experimental wind turbine gener-
ator__

Figure 6.-Wind turbine drive train___

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107

108

109

111

Figure 7.-Timonium Elementary School before it was modified_---
Figure 8.-Showing Timonium Elementary School after the solar
collectors were installed___

117

118

Figure 9.-Showing experiment at Boston school----
Figure 10.-Showing installation of a solar heat system__

119

120

Figure 11.-Testing advanced components for solar heating and cool-
ing of a single family residential house_-_-

122

Figure 12.-Showing additional experiment at the University of Dela

ware, using a solar heating system coupled with a photovoltaic
electrical generator_.

123

Figure 13.-Transportable solar research laboratory-
Figure 14.-Showing same laboratory as fig. 13..
Figure 15.-Solar heating and cooling projects-
Communications to:

124

125

126

Evins, Joe L., chairman, Select Committee on Small Business, from
Hon. Charles A. Vanik, a U.S. Congressman from the State of Ohio,
March 20, 1974-

Henry, Anthony R., director, National Tenants Information Service,
Washington, D.C., from H.R. Crawford, Assistant Secretary, De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development, December 10, 1973
(with attachment)

Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massa-
chusetts, from:

McBeath, William H., M.D., M.P.H., executive director, American
Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., April 5, 1974----
McGowan, Alan, president, Scientists' Institute for Public Infor-
mation. New York, N. Y., April 3, 1974__-

170

237

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252

Vanik, Hon. Charles A., a U.S. Congressman from the State of
Ohio---

250

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