1. Date of download: 10/26/2017
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From: Evaluation of Thermo-Active Foundations for Heating and Cooling Residential Buildings
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Three-dimensional model for the building slab-on-grade foundation with thermal piles

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From: Evaluation of Thermo-Active Foundations for Heating and Cooling Residential Buildings
J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2016;138(6): doi: /
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The boundary conditions for the TAF numerical model

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From: Evaluation of Thermo-Active Foundations for Heating and Cooling Residential Buildings
J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2016;138(6): doi: /
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(a) Nonuniform grid of the thermo-active foundation medium and (b) control volume of one interior node

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J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2016;138(6): doi: /
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Variation of computing time and RMSE value for the numerical solution as a function of the grid size

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J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2016;138(6): doi: /
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Testing setup using (a) centrifuge and (b) insulated soil container to house the TAF pile

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From: Evaluation of Thermo-Active Foundations for Heating and Cooling Residential Buildings
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(a) A test setup for a scale-model TAF system and (b) locations of strain and temperature probes [13]

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From: Evaluation of Thermo-Active Foundations for Heating and Cooling Residential Buildings
J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2016;138(6): doi: /
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The variations of the fluid inlet and outlet temperatures, and the ambient temperature of the experimental data [13]

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From: Evaluation of Thermo-Active Foundations for Heating and Cooling Residential Buildings
J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2016;138(6): doi: /
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Comparative analysis of the experimental data and the model predictions: (a) foundation temperature and (b) outlet fluid temperature

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J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2016;138(6): doi: /
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Example building modeled in energyplus

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From: Evaluation of Thermo-Active Foundations for Heating and Cooling Residential Buildings
J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2016;138(6): doi: /
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Monthly average outdoor air dry-bulb temperature of Boulder, CO; Chicago, IL; and New York, NY

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From: Evaluation of Thermo-Active Foundations for Heating and Cooling Residential Buildings
J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2016;138(6): doi: /
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Schematic drawings for (a) cooling system loop and (b) heating system loop coupled with water-to-water heat pump and ground coupled heat exchangers modeled in energyplus

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From: Evaluation of Thermo-Active Foundations for Heating and Cooling Residential Buildings
J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2016;138(6): doi: /
Figure Legend:
Foundation locations of the prototypical multifamily residential building