Solar-assisted low energy dwellings

• Main Author: Esbensen, T V
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Burt, Hill, Kosar, Rittlemann, and Associates, Butler, PA (USA) 1980
• Subjects: Europe; Residential Buildings; Buildings; Solar Equipment; Houses; Western Region 140901* > Solar Thermal Utilization > Space Heating & Cooling; California; Space Heating; Heating; Scandinavia; Netherlands; Denmark; North Atlantic Region; Solar Heating Systems; Sweden; Heating Systems; 14 Solar Energy; Usa; Energy Conservation; Solar Space Heating; Design; New Hampshire; Operation; Canada; Federal Republic Of Germany; Equipment; North America; Solar Heating; Performance; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/5496411; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1086553/

The Zero Energy House Group was formed as a subproject of the CCMS Solar Energy Pilot Study in 1974 by seven participating countries experimenting with solar-assisted low-energy dwellings for temperate and northern European climatic conditions. A Zero Energy House is one in which solar energy is used to meet the reduced energy needs of buildings incorporating various thermal energy conservation features. This final report of the Zero Energy House Group includes brief descriptions of 13 major low-energy dwellings in the participating CCMS countries. An overall assessment of the state-of-the-art in solar-assisted low-energy dwellings is also included.