| 单词 | sunspace system |
| 释义 | > as lemmassunspace system b. A room or area designed for optimum exposure to the sun. Also in later use spec.: (in an energy-saving building design) an area with glass walls to collect the energy from the sun for distribution around the building, providing natural heat. Also (as a mass noun): areas designed for optimum exposure to the sun, esp. for the purposes of collecting solar energy. Also attributive, as sunspace system, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > others garden room1619 tablinum1715 garden apartment1751 piazza1773 turret-room1803 shed-room1843 hall-room1859 return room1869 mid-place1871 stoep-room1880 sun space1907 1907 Canad. Jrnl. Med. & Surg. 21 p. lxii. (matter between pp. 272 and 273) Next to the library is the loggia, a covered promenade, open to the sea, from which again one may pass to the ‘sun space’, which is a large enclosure with a tiled floor open to both sea and sky. 1946 Motor Boating Aug. 99 (advt.) So much room for a 26-footer. Lots of sun space for guests on deck, and that cabin is a dream! 1979 Proc. 4th National Passive Solar Conf. 758 The Atchison house in Eureka, Missouri, has two levels of sun space, one above the other continuously along the south elevation. 1979 Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa) 27 July 9/2 The sunspace system uses a massive wall set back a short distance, with the space between the wall and the glass serving as a..sunspace. 1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 31 Aug. viii. 1/3 The energy-saving equipment includes triple-glazed windows..and a greenhouse-like ‘sunspace’ that can be used as a breakfast room. 1990 Home Building Fall 59/3 Limit the majority of glass to the open south. Large east and west sunspace windows lose too much heat in winter and gain too much in summer. 2007 N. Reichenbach in R. Hastings & M. Wall Sustainable Solar Housing (2012) I. viii. 177 A sunspace makes it possible to open the south façade of the apartment without significant increase in heating energy. < as lemmas |
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