... simulation electricity supply industry optimal control passive solar buildings Typically, nighttime setup control strategies are utilized in commercial buildings: ensuring acceptable comfort levels (temperature and possibly humidity) during occupancy, and sufficiently high setpoints during...

... of the inward flowing fraction is neglected. space cooling passive solar buildings 29 07 2005 26 08 2005 2006 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... the various heat storage materials of interest, PCM tends to be the most suitable for storing solar energy in many applications. PCM used in passive solar buildings can store solar radiation energy when it goes from solid to liquid, and this prevents the indoor environment from overheating during the day...

... 03 2005 phase change materials passive solar buildings thermal energy storage heat conduction floors walls transfer functions phase change materials modeling conduction transfer functions In passively heated solar homes, the preferred method of capturing solar energy...

... radiation using temperature data are also sufficiently accurate and can be utilized for sites for which even sunshine hour data are not measured. This will lead to better inputs for designing and evaluating the performance of solar energy systems including passive solar buildings. The nomenclature...

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... Off-grid High performance Passive solar space heating photovoltaic power systems passive solar buildings solar heating energy conservation space cooling 01 May 2003 01 November 2003 04 05 2004 Contributed by the Solar Energy Division of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY...

... innovation. In the 1970s and 1980s, passive solar building designers had to contend with heat loss from windows or unwanted heat gain. Today, new window technology offers designers much more flexibility. In addition, the National Fenestration Rating Council reports the U-value, solar heat gain coefficient...

... solar heating natural convection radiative transfer heat conduction ventilation passive solar buildings It is well known that massive walls are used in passive solar heating and ventilating systems 1 . To reduce heat losses by convection and infra-red radiation from the warm wall...