(4.) Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs, Solar Home Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act, March 20 and 21, 1974

SOLAR HOME HEATING AND COOLING
DEMONSTRATION ACT

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2540

TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL
OPMENT TO PRESCRIBE AN ENERGY SAVING CODE APPLI
CABLE TO FEDERALLY ASSISTED BUILDING CONSTRUCTION,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

S. 2650

TO PROVIDE FOR THE EARLY COMMERCIAL DEMONSTRATION
IN RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND OTHER BUILDINGS OF TECH-
NOLOGY FOR SOLAR HEATING AND COMBINED SOLAR HEATING
AND COOLING BY THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DE-
VELOPMENT, TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL SOLAR ENERGY
COORDINATION COUNCIL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
H.R. 11864

TO PROVIDE FOR THE EARLY COMMERCIAL DEMONSTRATION
OF THE TECHNOLOGY OF SOLAR HEATING BY THE NATIONAL
AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AND THE DE-
PARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, IN COOP.
ERATION WITH THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, THE
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, THE GENERAL SERVICES AD-
MINISTRATION, AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND FOR THE
EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIAL DEMONSTRATION OF
TECHNOLOGY FOR COMBINED SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING

MARCH 20 AND 21. 1974

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

Edward M. Kennedy, U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts--
Michael H. Moskow, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Re-
search, Department of Housing and Urban Development; accompanied
by: Douglas Parker, Assistant to the Secretary for Energy Affairs; and
Joseph Sherman, Director of Building Technology and Safety-..
Dr. Alfred J. Eggers, Assistant Director for Research Applications, Na-
tional Science Foundation___.

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Harold R. Hay, inventor and owner, Sky Therm Systems and member, board of directors, the International Solar Energy Society.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 21

Dr. John I. Yellott, visiting professor of architecture, Arizona State University

Nicholas V. Petrou, executive vice president, Westinghouse Defense and
Public Systems, Baltimore, Md.........

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Dan Huebner, general manager, General Electric Corp., Philadelphia, Pa. 70
Ian R. Jones, program manager, TRW Systems Application Center, Re-
dondo Beach. Calif__.

Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland__
Bob Packwood, U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon___.
Lewis Cenker, president of the National Association of Home Builders:
accompanied by: Donald Luebs, director of building systems department
of the Research Foundation of the National Association of Home Build-
ers; and Burton Wood, deputy legislative counsel-----

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ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND DATA

Excerpts from proposed OTA energy assessment (fiscal years 1974 and 1975)

Statement of Senator Alan Cranston___.

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Statement of Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Statement of Dr. James C. Fletcher, Administrator, National Aeronautics

and Space Administration before the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences-

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Reprint of article from Ashrae Journal_

Statement of William Lehman, Representative in Congress from the State of Florida____.

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Statement of Donald Luebs, director of the building systems department,
National Association of Home Builders Research Foundation____
Statement of Ralph J. Johnson, staff vice president and director of the Na-
tional Association of Home Builders Research Foundation__--
Letter from R. L. San Martin, director, Energy Research and Develop-
ment Institute, Las Cruces, N. Mex____.

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Page

Selected solar energy publications of the New Mexico State University faculty and staff...

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Statement of Karl W. Böer, director, Institute of Energy Conversion,
University of Delaware..

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Letter from Frank H. Bridgers, Bridgers and Paxton Consulting Engineers, Inc___

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Letter from Herman Barkmann, president, Sun Mountain Design, Ltd_ Statement of Fred S. Dubin, chairman, energy committee, American Consulting Engineers Council____

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Statement of George O. G. Löf, director, solar energy laboratory, Colorado
State University-.

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(5.) Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Solar Heating and Cooling, February 25, 1974

SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING

HEARING

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON
AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2658 and H.R. 11864

SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING DEMONSTRATION ACT

CONTENTS

Monday, February 25, 1974:

Opening statement, Senator Frank E. Moss, Chairman...

Two bills:

S. 2658_

H.R. 11864_

Testimony of Hon. Mike McCormack, a Representative in Congress
from the Fourth Congressional District of the State of Washington..
Testimony of Dr. H. Guyford Stever, Director, National Science
Foundation, accompanied by Dr. Alfred J. Eggers, Jr....

Prepared statement of Dr. Guyford Stever, Director, National
Science Foundation__

Testimony of Dr. James C. Fletcher, NASA Administrator; accom-
panied by Charles W. Mathews, Associate Administrator for Appli-
cations; William Woodward, Director of NASA's Space Propulsion
and Power Division; and Dr. Harrison H. Schmitt, Special Assist-
ant to the Administrator___

Prepared statement of Dr. James C. Fletcher, Administrator,
NASA..

Testimony of Dr. Marjorie P. Meinel, Optical Sciences Center, Uni-
versity of Arizona, Tucson..

Testimony of Dr. Aden B. Meinel, Optical Sciences Center, Univer-
sity of Arizona, Tucson..

Testimony of Michael H. Moskow, Assistant Secretary for Policy

Development and Research, HUD; accompanied by Joseph Sher-

man, Director, Office of Building Technology and Safety; and,

Douglas Parker, Assistant to the Secretary for Energy Affairs............

Prepared statement of Michael H. Moskow, Assistant Secretary

for Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing

and Urban Development----

Testimony of Lewis Cenker, president, National Association of Home
Builders; accompanied by Ralph Johnson, staff vice president, and
director, Research Foundation; and Burton C. Wood, deputy legis-
lative counsel..

Expanded statement of Ralph Johnson on S. 2658..
Testimony of John Eberhard, president, American Institute of Ar-
chitects Research Corp.; accompanied by Joseph H. Demkin, AIA,
Professional Practice Department; and David E. Osterhout, direc-
tor of congressional liaison...

Prepared statement of John Eberhard, president, AIA Research
Corp. with attachments.

Testimony of Rear Adm. Nathan Sonenshein, USN, Director for
Energy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (I. & L.);
accompanied by Thomas Casberd; and Capt. Edward G. Dauchess,
Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)- -
Testimony of Walter A. Meisen, Assistant Commissioner for Con-
struction Management, Public Building Services, GSA..........

Testimony of Dr. John I. Yellott, visiting professor in architecture,

College of Architects, Arizona State University..