Aims to inform on the basic principles of passive solar design and describes some passive design options. Sections include the basics of passive solar (collection, storage), and design options for the homeowner (direct gain, indirect gain, isolated gain, thermosiphon air panels, double wall envelope).
Factsheet gives information on the design of the envelope house, criticism of the envelope design, an explanation of envelope performance, special construction details, new ideas for the envelope house and economics of the envelope.
A multiple tracer gas method for following air movement in buildings has been developed and demonstrated at the Polytechnic of Central London. This paper describes the method and shows how it is being used to investigate: 1. the whole house inf
Measured energy consumption figures are presented for a townhouse complex located in Regina, Saskatchewan. The complex consists of 8 two-storey wood frame structures incorporating low energy design principles and some passive solar features.
Describes the development of an automated air sampling equipment to measure air infiltration and interzonal air flows. A new matrix analysis method has been developed to calculate single zone infiltration and interzonal air flow rates from measured data. A number of multi-zone experiments have been carried out in the PCL solar heated house at Peterborough, and several single zone infiltration rate measurement experiments have been carried out in a widevariety of buildings. A grab-tube method has been developed for assessing air change rates.
The expectation of elevated 222Rn levels in modern homes that have low air interchange rates with the outdoor air led to a survey of both conventional and solar homes in northeastern New York State. As a group, homes that are more airtight ha
The Linford project involved designing, building and monitoring 8 low energy passive solar houses. The houses were insulated to current Danish Regulation standards. Seven occupied and 1 unoccupied test house were monitored over two years.
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