Apr 4 1976
From The Space Library
Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Lab. at Pasadena had used equipment identical to that used by NASA's Deep Space Network to maintain comfort conditions in a 6-story building at JPL with almost no operation of the building's conventional heating and cooling equipment, the L.A. Times reported. Adaptation of a simple 8-station remote-control panel allowed remote control of building ventilation, heating, and cooling; adaptation of a highly sensitive resistance device to measure return air on one of 4 air handlers permitted constant monitoring of the building's average comfort level. Operators demonstrated maintenance of the comfort level by using the thermal storage of the building structure, outside weather, heat from lights, and heat generated by occupants. Over a month, the building had used less than half the energy required in pre-energy crisis days. The program was expected to save more than 10 percent of JPL's annual energy costs. (L.A. Times, 4 Apr 76, 1)
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