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A Study on the Passive House Technology Application of University Dormitory through The House at Cornell Tech (코넬 공과대학 기숙사 사례를 통한 대학 기숙사의 패시브 하우스 기술 적용에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hong-Min;Oh, Hyoung-Seok;Ryu, Soo-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.11-18
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    • 2018
  • Global warming is happening now and inevitable. Everyone knows that immediate action should be taken to slow it down, but uncertain about the effective solution. Despite global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, sea levels are rising gradually. In 2013, Cornell University announced the Climate Action Plan(CAP) to make the campus greener, to reduce waste, and to ensure efficient use of resources. In particular, they set a goal of reducing energy use by 2050 and making carbon emissions to zero. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to analyse the case of the master plan of Cornell Tech campus and its major buildings. Mainly, The House, faculty and student housing of Cornell Tech and the world tallest certified passive house, will be the main precedent that shows the architectural planning of passive house. Passive house technology, which was thought to be possible only in single-family houses, can be applied to high-rise buildings. If any passive house technology of The House project is actively introduced into the dormitory projects of domestic universities that are about to be built or renovated, it will be a good opportunity for the university to take the lead in preparing for global warming.

A Study on the STEAM Program Development of Zero Energy House Design for Middle School Students (중학생을 위한 제로에너지 주택디자인 STEAM 교육프로그램 개발 연구)

  • Lee, Yun-Hee;Lee, Myung-A;Han, Hae-Ryon;Lee, Jae-Kyung
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.26 no.6
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    • pp.24-32
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    • 2017
  • STEAM education is an effective teaching method to develop self-problem-solving skills through creative thinking. In order to revitalize STEAM education, various program models are being developed recently. The purpose of this study is to develop a STEAM education program based on the project-based learing method that includes the process of solving global environmental problems. The STEAM element was extracted by linking the zero energy house design with the middle school curriculum, and the STEAM education program was developed considering career activities. It was analyzed whether the developed program can improve STEAM core competence and job preparation ability. The education program was conducted for middle school students and the program was evaluated through questionnaires. In order to strengthen the STEAM competency, project-based learning method was applied and it was able to enhance the active problem solving ability of learners. In addition, opportunities for career experience could be provided through career exploration programs and various activities. Through this STEAM education program, it is expected to contribute to cultivating human resources with convergence knowledge and core competency.

A Study on the Simulation Methodology of Home Appliance Control and Load Experiment for the Development of All-electric House Load Models (전기에너지주택 부하모델 개발을 위한 가전기기 제어 시뮬레이션 및 부하실험에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, Sung-Wook;Kim, Kang-Sik;Nah, Hwan-Seon;Park, Hyeon-Jeong;Kim, Jung-Hoon
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.60 no.8
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    • pp.1451-1459
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    • 2011
  • Recently, low energy houses have become an essential issue globally and various subsidy programs are ongoing to penetrate. All-electric houses which are another type of low energy houses or zero carbon houses are being developed. These houses consider new & renewable energy and demand side management programs in the construction and the diffusion process because these programs are essential policies to use energy resources reasonably. This paper shows a simulation methodology to control home appliances in all-electric houses considering the electricity consumption pattern of residents. The simulation is a first step to estimate energy saving of the house in a practical manner.

A Study on the Operating Characteristics of Solar Collecting System in Solar Thermal/Geothermal Hybrid System with Facade Integrated Solar Collector (Facade 일체형 태양열 집열기를 갖는 태양열/지열 하이브리드 시스템의 태양열 집열시스템 작동특성 연구)

  • Baek, Nam-Choon;Lee, Jin-Kook;Yu, Chang-Kyun;Yoon, Eung-Sang;Yoon, Jong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.30 no.5
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    • pp.69-76
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    • 2010
  • In this study, the solar thermal and geo-source heat pump(GSHP) hybrid system for heating and cooling of Zero Energy Solar House(ZESH) was analyzed by experiment. The GSHP in this hybrid system works like as aback-up device for solar thermal system. This hybrid system was designed and installed for Zero Energy Solar House (KIER ZeSH) in Korea Institute of Energy Research. The purpose of this study is to find out that this system is optimized and operated normally for the heating load of ZeSH. The analysis was conducted as followings ; - the thermal performance of facade integrated solar collector - the on/off characteristics of solar system and GSHP - the contribution of solar thermal system. - the performance of solar thermal and ground source heat pump system respectively. - the meet of thermal load (space and water heating load). This experimental study could be useful for the optimization of this system as well as its application in house. This hybrid system could be commercialized for the green home if it is developed to a package type.

Thermal Performance Analysis of Hybrid heat Supply System for Zero Carbon Green Home (제로카본 그린홈 구현을 위한 하이브리드 열공급 시스템의 열성능 분석)

  • Joo, Hong-Jin;Lee, Kyoung-Ho;Kwak, Hee-Youl
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.53-59
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    • 2012
  • This study was carried out to evaluate thermal performance of the renewable hybrid heat supply system with solar thermal system and wood pellet boiler for Zero Carbon Green home of apartment houses. The hybrid heat supply system was set up at Korea Institute Energy Research in 2011. The system was comprised of the wood pellet boiler unit with heat capacity designed as 20,000kcal/hr, a $0.15m^3$ hot water storage tank for space heating, a evacuated tubular solar collector $3.74m^2$ of aperture area at the $20^{\circ}$ install angle, a $0.3m^3$ hot water storage tank. Thermal performance tests for one-house of apartment house were carried out by hot water load and heating load in winter season through the hybrid heat supply system. As a result, hot water energy supplied by the hybrid heat supply system was 11kWh in a day. Solar thermal energy portion was 2.99kWh which is 27% of the total hot water energy supply. wood pellet boiler supply portion was 8.017kWh which is 73% of the total hot water energy supply.

The Development and Performance Analysis of Compact Type Solar Thermal/Ground Coupled Heat Pump Hybrid System for Heating, Cooling and Hot water (콤팩트형 태양열/지열히트펌프 하이브리드 냉난방 및 급탕 시스템 개발 및 성능분석)

  • Baek, Nam-Choon;Jeong, Seon-Yeong;Yoon, Eung-Sang;Lee, Kyoung-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.59-67
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    • 2012
  • In this study,the compact type solar thermal and ground coupled heat pump hybrid system for space heating/cooling and hot water supply has been developed. This hybrid system was installed in Zero Energy Solar House(ZeSH) in KIER for the demonstration. The thermal performance and operational characteristics of this hybrid system were analysed especially. The results are as follows. (1) This hybrid system was designed in order to address the existing disadvantages of solar thermal/ground coupled heat pump system. For this design, all parts except solar collector and ground coupled heat pump were integrated into a single product in a factory. The compact type unit includes two buffer tanks, an expansion tank, pumps, valves, a controller, etc. This system has an advantage of easy installation with simple plumbing work even in narrow space. (2) The thermal charging and discharging time of the buffer tanks and its characteristics by ground coupled heat pump, and heat pump COP according to geo-source temperature and buffer storage temperature have been studied. This system was found to meet well to the heat load without any other auxiliary heating equipment. (3) The operating hours of the ground coupled heat pump as a backup device of solar thermal can be reduced significantly by using solar heat. It was also found that the minimum heating water supply setting temperature and maximum cooling water supply setting temperature make an influence on the heat pump COP. The lower heating water and the higher cooling water temperature, the higher COP. In this respect, the hybrid system's performance can be improved in ZeSH than conventional house.

A Sensitivity Analysis about Solar Heat Gain and Heating Load of ZeSH According to Optical Characteristics of Window system (창호의 광학적 특성에 따른 ZeSH의 일사취득 및 난방부하에 관한 민감도 분석)

  • Son, Sun-Woo;Baek, Nam-Choon;Suh, Seung-Jik
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.66-71
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    • 2009
  • To reduce the building energy consumption, the major advanced nations are conducting actively many researches on so called a "self-sufficient building(or other words zero energy building)" which can support its required energy by itself. Given this background, KIER(Korea Institute of Energy Research) built full size test-bed of the zero energy solar house in early 2002, and has studied on the self-sufficient heating load up to now. We analyse the sensitivity between the heating load and the solar radiation gain according to the change the effective transmittance of windows. The authors classified 9 cases by solar transmittance of glass. The results demonstrate the solar radiation amount is 0.466 MWh from the eastern zone of Fl.,1(the first floor), 0.332 MWh from Fl.,2(the second floor), 1.194 MWh form the southern zone of F1., and 0.822 MWh from the southern zone of Fl.,2 on the case 1(each cases are classified by window types). On the case 9, the solar radiation amount is 3.127 MWh, 2.662 MWh, 8.799 MWh and 6.078 MWh from the same condition. For the Fl.,1, the amount of Heat Load that is saved per year ranged 10.5 to 48 %, and the reduction was anywhere from 0.2 to 17.9% for Fl.,2

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Experimental Study on Airtightness Performance of the House with High Levels of Insulation and Airtight Construction (고기밀 고단열 주택의 기밀성능에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Shin, U-Cheul;Yoon, Jong-Ho;Baek, Nam-Choon
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.61-67
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study is to evaluate the air tightness of Zero Energy Solar House(ZeSH) and to propose the construction improvement of junctions and penetrations where air infiltration was identified. Air leakage rate were measured by means of blower door test in accordance with ASTM E779-87. The results showed that ZeSH has an excellent airtightness with ACH50/20 (air change per hour at a pressure difference of 50 Pa between inside outside) of 0.34hr-1 and leakage class E by normalized leakage area of ASHRAE.