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(IRADD)-

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Energy 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
2548 		Program Year/Program:
1985 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
2548 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Synergetics, Inc.
22 Cox Avenue Raleigh, NC 27605
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 1985
Title: (IRADD)-
Agency: DOE
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $49,892.00
 

Abstract:

SINGLE-STORY BUILDINGS AND THE TOP FLOOR OF MULTISTORY BUILDINGS GENERALLY HAVE GOOD SOLAR EXPOSURE; CONSE- QUENTLY, THEY ARE WELL SUITED FOR NATURAL LIGHTING. BY EMPLOYING APPROPRIATELY ARRANGED AND PROPERLY CONTROLLED ROOF APERTURES, THESE BUILDING INTERIORS CAN BE WELL ILLUMINATED WITH BOTH BEAM SUNLIGHT AND DIFFUSE SKYLIGHT TO REPLACE ELECTRIC LIGHTING. OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE OF THESE APERTURES IS DEPENDENT ON HOW WELL THEIR ARCHI- TECTURE AND CONTROL MECHANISM CONFORM TO AND FUNCTION WITH THE BUILDING ROOF STRUCTURE AND UTILITY NETWORK. IT IS PLANNED TO STUDY THE PERFORMANCE OF A BUILDING SYSTEM WHERE DAYLIGHTING APERTURES ARE INTEGRATED WITH ALL FACETS OF THE CONSTRUCTION. TWO ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE SYSTEM ARE: (1) APERTURE CONTROLS THAT REGULATE THE TRANSMISSION AND DIRECTION OF THE ADMITTED LIGHT; AND (2) A MODULAR-NETWORK FRAMING METHOD CAPABLE OF BEING RECONFIGURED TO ACCOMMODATE A WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ENERGY POTENTIAL OF THE SYSTEM USING A COMBINATION OF EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES WILL BE CONDUCTED. IN THE PROCESS, CLOSE ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WILL INFLUENCE THE DESIGN INCLUDING WALL AND ROOFING TECHNOLOGIES, HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS, STRUCTURAL FACTORS, CANDIDATE MATERIAL PROPERTIES, AND CANDIDATE FABRICATION AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES.

Principal Investigator:

Mr. thomas c. howard
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
6178324011

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Synergetics, Inc.
22 Cox Avenue Raleigh, NC 27605

EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees: N/A
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No