在美国落基山州地区，冬季垂直朝南表面上的可用太阳能是北美大陆最高的，几所学院和大学对利用太阳能进行加热和冷却系统表达了强烈的兴趣。其中两所大学设有中央校园蒸汽供暖装置；其中一个还有一个中央冷冻水系统。本文介绍了三个案例，概述了太阳能可行性研究的相关结果。最大的项目是丹佛社区学院北校区，涉及一栋约30万平方英尺的建筑，建筑预算超过1000万美元。第二大是在CO Boulder提出的科罗拉多大学篮球竞技场和会议中心，其座位容量为13000人，有17780人。 第三栋建筑是新墨西哥州立大学新墨西哥州拉斯克鲁斯校区的农业系大楼，将采用太阳能加热和太阳能冷却。引文:研讨会，ASHRAE交易，第80卷，第2部分，蒙特利尔，QC

In the Rocky Mountain states region of the U.S. where the available solar energy in wintertime on a vertical south facing surface is the highest in the North American Continent, several colleges and universities have expressed a strong interest in utilizing solar energy for their heating and cooling systems. Two of the universities have central campus steam heating plants; one of which also has a central chilled water system. The paper presents three case histories outlining the pertinent findings of the solar energy feasibility studies. The largest project is the Denver Community College North Campus which involves a single building of approximately 300,000 sq. ft. with a construction budget over $10 million. The second largest is the proposed University of Colorado Basketball Arena and Conference Center at Boulder, CO, which has a seating capacity of 13,000 people and has 177,80.0 sq. ft. The third building is the Dept of Agriculture Building at the New Mexico State University Campus at Las Cruces, NM, which will be both solar heated and solar cooled.