Affordable passive solar design in a temperate climate: An experiment in residential building orientation

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 568-577

  Morrissey, J ^a   Moore, T ^a   Horne, R E ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affordable; Energy efficiency; Passive solar; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL COSTS; AFFORDABLE; BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; DESIGN STAGE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING; IN-BUILDINGS; LOW COSTS; MEAN RATINGS; ORIENTATION CHANGES; OVERALL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PASSIVE SOLAR; PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN; PERFORMANCE STANDARDS; PLANNING REGULATIONS; REGULATION; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEMPERATE CLIMATE;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DESIGN; ENERGY POLICY; EXPERIMENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SOLAR ENERGY; STANDARDS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 77957326575     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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