Passive Solar Design: Increase Energy Efficiency and Comfort in Homes by Incorporating Passive Solar Design Features
- Topics:
- Mechanical and Industrial
- Source:
- U.S. Department of Energy
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Overview: Sunlight can provide ample heat, light, and shade and induce summertime ventilation into the well-designed home. Passive solar design can reduce heating and cooling energy bills, increase spatial vitality, and improve comfort. Inherently flexible passive solar design principles typically accrue energy benefits with low maintenance risks over the life of the building. Passive solar design integrates a combination of building features to reduce or even eliminate the need for mechanical cooling and heating and daytime artificial lighting. Given the proper building site, virtually any type of architecture can integrate passive solar design.
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Format: PDF | Size: 232KB | Date: Dec 2000 | Pages: 4
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