Project Showcase (cont'd)

Students and volunteers raising a large tridipanel, this panel was approximately 26 feet in length, note the re-bar tie downs the panel is lifted up and the rebar slipped between the foam core and exterior 11-gauge wire.

Students are adjusting base of panel and fastening rebar to the tridipanel.

Students, facility members, volunteers, installing tridipanels at G.M.R. The worker at the top of the ladder, with pneumatic wire fastening tool is attaching the tridipanels together. Also, note the cold weather clothing they are wearing, this shows the extreme temperature changes of the upper Mojave Desert. The site sets at an elevation of 4200 feet.

 

Granite Mountain Reserve — Thermal Analysis
Thermocouples were located at T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5. Heat measurements were taken every hour to compare the outside temperature verse the indoor temperature.See Fig. #1


Fig 1 - Click Graph to Enlarge

 

Data was collected for the period April 12-13, 1993. Black squares are indoor temperature in Fahrenheit. Notice how stable the inside temperature is in Fig. #2 compared with the wild temperature swings shown on the outside. This shows how effective Tridipanels are in creating a thermal barrier.


Fig. 2 - Click Graph to Enlarge

 

We would like to thank the following organizations for helping us with this information to complete this report.

Richard Schoen, Principal RSA Architects Inc., Dr. Cohen, and Associate Cindy Snead, Dr. Robert Jones and Dr. Balcomb and the University of California Riverside.

We would also like to thank Jim Andre, Current director of Granite Mountain Reserve, which is now called "Sweeney Granite Mountain Desert Research Center.

You may write to Jim Andre P.O. Box 101 Kelso, Ca. 92351 or E-mail: 73511.3200@compuserve.com for further information.

Telephone (760) 643-2307, Fax (760) 643-2305 or E-Mail us.

 

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