Environmentally heated and cooled pre-fabricated insulated concrete building
OwnerPeter J. Schneider, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
Environmentally heated and cooled pre-fabricated insulated concrete building is provided with a continuous layer of foamed insulation within all exterior walls. The building is constructed preferably of reinforced concrete having an outer and an inner wall connected together along the lower edge. Each section or unit of the wall is provided with an interlocking shape along the lateral edges for interlocking with adjacent panels or units. The walls are assembled at the job site and filled with a foam insulation. The outer concrete wall is provided with ducts therein and damper and blower controls which provide solar heating in cold weather and air circulation cooling in hot weather.
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A building wall construction comprising exterior wall units constructed of an inner and an outer wall forming a space therebetween with said inner and outer walls being joined by a connecting member along their lower ends, said inner and outer walls being composed of reinforced concrete, said inner and outer walls being provided with an interlocking shape along their lateral edges for interlocking with an adjacent wall unit;
- said wall unit being assemblable to form a wall having a continuous and substantially uniform space between said inner and outer walls for receiving and forming a continuous and substantially uniform layer of insulation;
- said outer walls being provided with air ducts therein providing an air passage path between a lower point and a higher point of said outer wall, said air ducts being provided with a pair of controlled openings at its lower end for selectively communicating with the environment and the inside of the building formed by the building wall, control means for selectively placing the upper portion of said ducts in communication with the environment and the inside of the building, said controlled openings and said control means being selectively openable to provide heating or cooling of the building.
A roof structural unit of a gable type roof, comprising:
- an inner ceiling structure and an outer roof structure composed of reinforced concrete, said roof structure being adapted to mate with the upper end of a plurality of outer concrete wall units, said concrete roof structure being adapted to mate at the peak of the cable with a supporting internal center concrete wall units and being securely mated thereto by pin means, said lower end being provided with an extension for overhanging the outside of said outer wall units by a predetermined distance to form eaves, said outer roof structure being provided with ducts for the passage of air, said ducts being formed to connect with ducts in the wall units at a lower point on the roof structure and being selectively in communication by means of a controllable damper with the environment, ducts in the opposing gable roof structure of the building or ducts in said center wall supporting the peak of the gable roof whereby air flow through the ducts may be selectively controlled for heating or cooling the building.
A prefabricated building construction for extracting heat from the environment for heating and extracting a cooling effect from the environment for cooling, comprising:
- a concrete structure having a substantial mass;
- said walls of said building structure being comprised of an inner and outer wall of concrete connected together at or near their lower ends;
- said concrete units having interlocking shapes on lateral edges of the inner and outer walls for interlocking with adjacent units and enabling the forming of a continuous and substantially uniform space between the inner and outer walls for the placement of insulation;
- said units being mounted on keyed concrete footings, said lower end of the unit having a keyed shape for mating with the keyed unit of the concrete footings;
- said building being provided with a concrete floor having ducts therein for the circulation of air;
- a cold/heat storage unit being provided underneath said concrete floor;
- said building providing a circulation path for heating from a lower portion of the interior of the building up through the outer wall and back into the building at a higher elevation;
- said building providing an air passage path communicating with the environment at a lower point in the outside wall and having air passage up through the outer wall and in communication with the environment at a higher elevation.
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