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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1980
Use of passive systems taught
Solar course offered in spring
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Paul Woods stands in front of the passive
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Staff photo by Pat O’Malley
government grant. The house is located at
1109 Todd Trail in College Station.
By WAYNE COOK
Battalion Reporter
The end of the month arrives and
with it, the monthly utility bill. Once
more it is higher than the month be
fore.
As conventional home energy
costs rise, alternative energy plans
are being sought out.
A course to be offered at Texas
A&M University during the 1981
Spring semester may offer a solution
to the homeowner. The course is cal
led “Passive Solar Systems.”
A passive solar energy system uses
sunlight for energy without using a
generator to make electricity. Such a
system takes into account such
things as placement of windows and
the building’s location to take full
advantage of the sun’s rays.
Paul Woods, an assistant professor
in the Texas A&M Department of
Building Construction, will be the
course’s instructor.
“I have taught architectural design
and mechanical and electrical design
for buildings,” said Woods, “but my
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BOWIE COUNTY HOMETOWN CLUB: Will meet at 6 p.m. in the
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“THE BLACK HOLE”: The crew of the Palomino finds the long-lost
ship Cygnus drifting perilously close to a black hole. Boarding the
apparently dead ship, they meet the mad scientist who has taken it
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STUDENT BOOK COLLECTORS' CONTEST: The deadline for
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MBA/LAW DAY: Ticket sales end today. Tickets are available at the
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main interest is in energy conserva
tion and solar energy.”
Woods, a graduate of the Univer
sity of Texas, received one of four
Housing and Urban Development
grants awarded in Texas to design
and build a home using a passive
solar energy system. The home has
been completed and is at 1109 Todd
Trail in College Station’s Southwood
Valley subdivision.
The savings over conventional
home energy systems is hard to mea
sure, Woods said, since the future
costs of natural gas and electricity are
unknown.
“I prefer to think of a passive solar
system as an investment,” Woods
said.
Woods said he realizes passive so
lar systems will be slow to be
adopted. House lots may need to be
larger and traditional styles may
have to be altered slightly, he said.
“People will have to change the
idea that they want their home to
look a certain way whether it is oper-
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ational or not,” Woods said. “In 10-
20 years no houses will be built that
don’t consider this principle.”
The course offered in the spring
will be an introduction to the basic
concepts of passive solar heating and
cooling systems, and will be num
bered BC 489s. The maximum en
rollment will be 20 people.
The final project — designing a
passively heated and cooled building
— will be an attempt to combine the
elements of passive solar design with
the functional requirements of a
building into an aesthetically pleas
ing result, Woods said.
The course is open to anyone with
junior or higher academic classifica
tion. Some drawing and design ex
perience would be helpful, Woods
said, but not necessary.
Woods said he especially wants
people with “an intense personal in
terest” in the topic.
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