European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Theres no place like Al Spelce flee Home Mke Spear Stair writer it a second there int anything striking about it it t a o mentioned Little while House but without the Pica but it it Doest look the stuff of it May nevertheless turn out to be just that for it la a seedbed of space age generated and How they can be applied to Mehous Lnig with an Eye to the the National aeronautics and administration has built a House using material Fiat is either available now or will be within the next live a House incorporates the latest my Only in technology Bat also in Energy saving technique and its outside is a bit Plain lobe but it is also very functional in design and that is the main Only its location indicates that 11 might be something other than what it if Only a shirt distance from the nation Al aeronautics and space administrations space museum at us Langley research Center in Velj associate Nasa will Moon land Lap the Ouert Tor Tom Distant plan ets and a been Busy Alia applying technology the More mundane Bat inv Parent work of helping Cope Tut prob lems certain to in the face of dwindling Energy resources and sky Rock Ding nasal technology utilization House or tech As it prefers to Call incorporates ideas that May make it possible Tor people to continue buying and maintaining Homes in the future at less than exorbitant studies indicate that a tech House Type Home will save in owner More than during a 20year at current Nasa of Micals estimate that it can be built in five with All its special for less then at current costs and its yearly maintenance costs Wilt be much lower than that for conventional tech House Doest look much different from most Modem but take closer it has studding made of sawdust in most a Gypsum and Sand cast Wall mounted on a steel Frame is used in one area fire resistant material is used throughout and Saccu devices warn of smoke and it has a water reuse system that collects washing machine and Bath water and treats it so that it can be used for toilet it uses so per cent less water than conventional one Benny from this is thai the detergent in the water keeps the toilet bowl the House also uses 66 per cent less electrical Power than most and it is it has Coli pm of Featon that have been Camboa to Many German houses for including Roll Dowa window which provide a is per cent heat and beat saving entry at the Trad and rear doors which Adas air and pre vent the loss of Large amounts of air into inside the tech House is a single level Structure made up of two Square modules connected by a Flat roofed hallway with a hereby reducing the need for artificial lighting during the it can reopened for ventilation its Square feet of living space contains three bed a living room with open dining two a laundry plus an at probably the most significant Opportunity for change in houses Over the next few decades will be in Energy a Nasa reports our Homes con sume about per cent of the Energy used in the United states each year an amount equal to All imparted crude with that in Nasa worked on the House with representatives from the department of housing and Urban the National association of Home build ers research the Bureau of standards and the consumer product safety its solar heating with about 400 Square feet of provides heat for the the system can store enough Energy to last for five Days with us gallon underground Thermal storage when direct solar Healing is not a heal pump is used to Transfer stored heal from the storage tank to Hie then a scarcely larger than a pocket Calcut monitors inside temperatures by Means of a com Puter program written to reflect the family it heals Only the rooms being the houses Large South facing windows allow solar Energy but on a seasonal for the roof overhang lets the Low Winter Sun in when is needed but gives Shade from the higher summer the open fireplace i the living room it an Inte Gra part of the hta big system with its called pipe up through which water its fire is fed with fresh combustion air piped in from outside directly to the rather than using already heated room air As most open fireplaces this significantly reduces heat loss up the in heating capacity is further increased by the use of a double walled Metal firebox which allows some escaping Energy to be returned to the room by the water circulation Coil is expected to recover British Thermal units bust per hour from an available log these features increase he fireplaces efficiency from about 10 per cent to so per the Cooling system uses the same equipment As the heating system except that night radiators on the garage roof replace the solar these face North and As the hot water from the storage circulates through heat radiates to the thereby lowering the temperature of the stored then a big part of the House in insulated with trip olym or 11 has the ability to Low into a variety of around piping and other it is non is a goof sound Damper and even resistant to the water reuse system takes water from bathroom the Shower and laundry equipment and collects it in a holding Lank where it is chlorinated and filtered for reuse for toilet although this water is entirely 11 is a separate system from he drinking the House also uses recently developed water a Light sensitive device attached to the to set will sound an audible alarm upon the appearance of a Tornado within 18 saving fixtures such As water Saver Shower Heads and Low profile Waler then there Are such space age items As temper foam developed to pad the seats of the apollos it enabled the astronauts to Comfort ably withstand the forces of lift off and the Impact of ii is used in the scat Cushion near the fire place in the living room and it contours to a persons shape and distributes the weight evenly Over the con tact Flat conductor Cable similar to that used in the Apollo lunar scientific Experiment package it resemble three Flat Wiren printed on its advantage is ease of installation and greater current carrying capacity with toss Metal than equivalent wire in use cast hours which Are used throughout the they Are Concrete plate reinforced with a welded win fabric and insulated with Gypsum the 2by 4inch studs used to Frame the Interior Walla made of their two Lnch sides Are faced with plywood to facilitate 0a temperature compensating developed to protect the Saturn Booster from current surges during the Apollo it serves As an electrical Shock absorber to shield Light bulbs against current they Tju increase the life of a Light bulb by 9 an emergency lighting system which features the High efficiency and Long life of fluorescent lamps As Well As extremely High Light output for extremely Low Energy the technology for it waa developed at the Marshall space right Centerton such space vehicles As it utilizes High frequency Power generated by a 12 Volt Battery which is charged by a solar cell on the roof of the the House contains both exterior and Interior Security the one outside monitors body charge which is picked up by an Antenna mounted on the outside of the House and sounds an alarm the Interior system includes detectors at doors and under the a Light sensitive device attached to the to set which will sound an audible alarm upon the appearance of a Tornado within u the set must be turned on and placed on an unused Channel for the system to it is a House Bunting with technological a re search facility containing Many individual equipment and ideas that can be applied in some degree o All Nasa also Points out something that May be obvious to Fiat any Energico Mervul House is Man efficient when carefully designed to fit specific Sites with their particular characteristics of orientation to Sun and history of weather conditions and Thermal the Bouse almost certainly holds the key to Comfort efficient and economical living for homeowners Well into the next the House that Nasa built the latest in Energy saving 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