在75财年期间，建筑工程研究实验室在总工程师办公室的资助下，开展了一项研究工作，以开发一种方法，初步确定利用太阳能加热和冷却建筑物的可行性。这项工作的主要目标是提供一种简单的方法，用于评估在美国不同地区的典型建筑中应用的给定太阳能加热和冷却系统的预期性能。为了实现这一目标，利用计算机模拟进行了大量参数研究，并为五个地点的两座陆军建筑提供了典型性能曲线。 采用的程序如下:使用从国家气候中心获得的每小时气候数据磁带，使用国家标准局荷载确定（NBSLD）计划，对每个地点的每栋建筑进行每小时建筑荷载估算。利用国家气候中心的每小时入射太阳辐射数据和NBSLD程序确定的每小时负荷，利用建筑工程研究实验室开发的太阳系模拟程序进行了一系列参数研究。利用该图和200多个全年太阳系模拟，研究了集热器面积、集热器倾角、储罐容积和热交换器效率的影响。 本文介绍了这些具体研究的结果以及推广这些结果的方法。引文:ASHRAE交易，第82卷，第2部分，华盛顿州西雅图

During FY75 the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, under funding from the Office of the Chief of Engineers, engaged in a research effort to develop a method for the preliminary determination of the feasibility of heating and cooling buildings with solar energy. The principal objective of the work effort was to provide a simple means for estimating the expected performance of a given solar heating and cooling system when applied to typical buildings in various regions of the United States. To accomplish this objective, computer simulation was employed to perform numerous parametric studies and provide typical performance curves for two Army buildings at five sites. The procedure employed was as follows:Using hourly climatological data tapes obtained from the National Climatic Center, hourly building load estimates were made for each building at each site using the National Bureau of Standards Load Determining (NBSLD) Program.Using hourly incident solar radiation data from the National Climatic Center and the hourly load determined using the NBSLD Program, a series of parametric studies were performed using a solar system simulation program developed by the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory.Using this Rrocedure and more than 200 full-year solar system simulations, the effects of collector area, collector tilt angle, storage tank volume, and heat exchanger effectiveness were examined. Results of these specific studies as well as a method for generalizing these results are presented.