Passive solar design techniques are becoming increasingly important in building design. This design reference book takes the building engineer or physicist step-by-step through the thermal analysis and design of passive solar buildings. In particular it emphasises two important topics: the maximum utilization of available solar energy and thermal storage, and the sizing of an appropriate auxiliary heating/cooling system in conjunction with good thermal control. Thermal Analysis and Design of Passive Solar Buildings is an important contribution towards the optimization of buildings as systems that act as natural filters between the indoor and outdoor environments, while maximizing the utilization of solar energy. As such it will be an essential source of information to engineers, architects, HVAC engineers and building physicists.
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Mat Santamouris is an Associate Professor of Energy Physics at University of Athens and Visiting Professor to the School of Architecture, Low Energy Unit at University of North London,UK.
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Solar radiation is the most abundant renewable energy source, without which life on earth would be impossible. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
building thermal analysis, thermal network model, transparently insulated wall, room interior surfaces, transparent insulation system, room temperature swings, building transfer functions, thermal lag effect, clear sky model, room temperature response, temperature transfer functions, high solar gains, canyon axis, solar savings, fenestration systems, passive solar buildings, hot box test, air node, solar transmittance, transmitted solar radiation, room overheating, solar analysis, passive solar design principles, operative temperature, thermostat setpoint Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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building thermal analysis, thermal network model, transparently insulated wall, room interior surfaces, transparent insulation system, room temperature swings, building transfer functions, thermal lag effect, clear sky model, room temperature response, temperature transfer functions, high solar gains, canyon axis, solar savings, fenestration systems, passive solar buildings, hot box test, air node, solar transmittance, transmitted solar radiation, room overheating, solar analysis, passive solar design principles, operative temperature, thermostat setpoint Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Science Publishers, New York, Electronic Mathcad Book, Energy Efficient Building, European Directory of Sustainable, Example Consider, Final Report, Hong Kong, Concordia University, European Conf, Passive Cooling of Buildings, Book of Standards, Englewood Cliffs, European Common Research Centre, Journal of Heat Transfer, Omega Engineering, University of Athens, University of Waterloo New!
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- Heat Transfer by Jack Holman on page 115, page 200, and page 278
- Passive Cooling of Buildings (BEST (Buildings Energy and Solar Technology)) by D. Asimakopoulos on page 116, page 134, and page 279
- Solar Energy (The Wykeham science series ; 56) by John I. B. Wilson on page 278, and page 279
- Conduction of Heat in Solids by H. S. Carslaw on page 134, and page 146
- Thermal Environmental Engineering (3rd Edition) by Thomas H. Kuehn on page 29, and page 146
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