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Measured Impacts of Air Conditioner Condenser Shading
Abstract
A study has been conducted by the Florida
Solar Energy Center (FSEC) to examine if space
cooling energy savings can be achieved from shading
of residential air conditioning (AC) condenser units.
The investigation consisted of before-and-after
experiments conducted on three homes over a two
year period. A recent EPA study recommends
shading of exterior AC condensers, using landscaping
or other means, as a method to reduce space cooling
energy use (Akbari et al., 1992).
Citation
Parker, D. S.; Barkaszi, S. F.; Sonne, J. K. (1996). Measured Impacts of Air Conditioner Condenser Shading. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /6669.