ASHRAE Technology Award: Solar Thermal Retrofit

Barry Jim On, P.E.; Min Zhong, P.E. ASHRAE / 2012 / 5 pages

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SSFM International, a civil and structural engineering firm in Honolulu, is located in a former warehouse built in 1919. The firm needed to improve thermal comfort in the two-story building. Additionally, it wanted to show its commitment to sustainable building. Therefore, SSFM decided to do a solar thermal retrofit of its five-year-old air-conditioning system to achieve both goals. The project resulted in energy savings of nearly 65,000 kWh/year.

Citation: ASHRAE Journal, vol. 54, no. 9, September 2012

Product Code(s): D-AJ12Sep06