Sustainable Solar Housing

This far-reaching and authoritative two-volume set examines a range of potential solutions for low-energy building design, considering different strategies (energy conservation and renewable energy) and technologies (relating to the building envelope, ventilation, heat delivery, heat production, heat storage, electricity, and control). Each volume assesses the potential of these options in a variety of contexts, covering different housing types (apartment, row, and detached) and different climate types (cold, temperate, and mild). The impressive list of authors includes a mix of internationally respected academics and practitioners, working under the auspices of a five-year International Energy Agency (IEA) research project. Volume 1 presents strategies and solutions, offering the reader a solid platform for assessing strategies environmentally and economically, and implementing the most appropriate course of action in a variety of contexts. This will appeal to energy consultants, engineers, specialized architects, engineering and architecture students, and housing specialists.

Foreword	p. v
List of Contributors	p. vii
List of Figures and Tables	p. ix
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations	p. xxi
Introduction
Evolution of high-performance housing	p. 1
Scope of this book	p. 4
Targets	p. 4
Strategies
Introduction	p. 9
Energy	p. 11
Introduction	p. 11
Conserving energy	p. 12
Passive solar contribution in high-performance housing	p. 14
Using daylight	p. 20
Using active solar energy	p. 28
Producing remaining energy efficiently	p. 32
Ecology	p. 37
Introduction	p. 37
Cumulative energy demand (CED)	p. 39
Life-cycle analysis (LCA)	p. 42
Architecture towards sustainability (ATS)	p. 46
Economics of High-Performance Houses	p. 51
Introduction	p. 51
Cost assessment of high-performance components	p. 52
Additional expenses	p. 59
Summary and outlook	p. 61
Multi-Criteria Decisions	p. 63
Introduction	p. 63
Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods	p. 63
Total quality assessment (TQA)	p. 70
Marketing Sustainable Housing	p. 77
Sustainable housing: The next growth business	p. 77
Tools	p. 79
A case study: Marketing new passive houses in Konstanz, Rothenburg, Switzerland	p. 81
Lessons learned from marketing stories	p. 89
Solutions
Solution Examples	p. 95
Introduction	p. 95
Reference buildings based on national building codes, 2001	p. 96
Targets for space heating demand	p. 98
Target for non-renewable primary energy demand	p. 99
Cold Climates	p. 103
Cold climate design	p. 103
Single family house in the Cold Climate Conservation Strategy	p. 114
Single family house in the Cold Climate Renewable Energy Strategy	p. 124
Row house in the Cold Climate Conservation Strategy	p. 133
Row house in the Cold Climate Renewable Energy Strategy	p. 142
Apartment building in the Cold Climate Conservation Strategy	p. 150
Apartment building in the Cold Climate Renewable Energy Strategy	p. 156
Apartment buildings in cold climates: Sunspaces	p. 171
Temperate Climates	p. 179
Temperate climate design	p. 179
Single family house in the Temperate Climate Conservation Strategy	p. 186
Single family house in the Temperate Climate Renewable Energy Strategy	p. 196
Row house in the Temperate Climate Conservation Strategy	p. 202
Row house in the Temperate Climate Renewable Energy Strategy	p. 211
Life-cycle analysis for row houses in a temperate climate	p. 221
Apartment building in the Temperate Climate Conservation Strategy	p. 226
Apartment building in the Temperate Climate Renewable Energy Strategy	p. 232
Mild Climates	p. 237
Mild climate design	p. 237
Single family house in the Mild Climate Conservation Strategy	p. 242
Single family house in the Mild Climate Renewable Energy Strategy	p. 248
Row house in the Mild Climate Conservation Strategy	p. 254
Row house in the Mild Climate Renewable Energy Strategy	p. 260
Reference Buildings: Constructions and Assumptions	p. 265
Primary Energy and CO[subscript 2] Conversion Factors	p. 279
Definition of Solar Fraction	p. 283
The International Energy Agency	p. 285
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