Energy comfort 2000 - the application of low energy technologies to seven new non-domestic buildings.

This paper describes the results coming out of the European Commission supported THERMIE Target Project Energy Comfort 2000. This was the first Target project, containing eight non-domestic buildings, started in July 1993 and to be completed at the end of 1998. The project aimed to design and construct buildings which use less than 50% of the energy of a traditional equivalent, by using passive methods, particularly to avoid the need for air-conditioning. High quality internal conditions were to be achieved. The overall conclusions are that 50% savings in energy use can be readily achieved in a variety of buildings, whilst maintaining good quality internal comfort conditions.