Cooling Load Reduction and Air Conditioner Design in a 19th Century Florida House Museum

Primary Author(s)

Florida Solar Energy Center
Dave Chasar, Florida Solar Energy CenterFollow

Report Number

FSEC-CR-1508-05

URL

http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FSEC-CR-1508-05.pdf

Keywords

Air Flow; Blower Door; Buildings; Cooling; Humidity; Passive Solar; Retrofits; Cooling load reduction; Air conditioner design; Building restoration; Passive cooling; Historic house museum

Abstract

Restoration plans at the H.S. Williams house included the installation of a space conditioning system. This contract report details how building envelope construction and air conditioner design were optimized as a system. Many aspects of the effort lent themselves to maintaining important "character-defining" features of the building including the resurrection of passive cooling attributes like light colored exterior paint and operable storm shutters. In addition, outside air infiltration was measured on the Williams house and six other balloon-frame homes to document this often significant cooling load component.

Date Published

11-30-2004

Identifiers

532

Notes

Original Publication: Dave Chasar, "Cooling Load Reduction and Air Conditioner Design in a 19th Century Florida House Museum", November 2004, Submitted to Florida Department of State Bureau of Historic Preservation, Grant Number SO401

Subjects

Air conditioning; Buildings--Energy conservation; Cooling systems; Building materials

Local Subjects

Buildings - Air Flow; Buildings - Blower Door; Buildings - Cooling; Humidity; Passive Solar; Buildings - Retrofits

Type

Text; Document

Creator (Linked Data)

Chasar, Dave [LC]

Collection

FSEC Energy Research Center® Collection

STARS Citation

Florida Solar Energy Center and Chasar, Dave, "Cooling Load Reduction and Air Conditioner Design in a 19th Century Florida House Museum" (2004). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 532.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/532