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A 63-house public authority scheme was chosen to monitor the energy performance of three house types: 'standard', 'well insulated' and 'passive solar', all essentially based on a prize-winning house design in an EEC competition. However, inadequate space heating — since replaced —vitiated many of the expected energy savings, and in the passive solar design heat losses from the uninsulated south-facing conservatory largely offset the solar gains. Experience also showed that some form of curtaining should be assumed when considering direct solar gain through windows. The author is a Senior Research Officer at An Foras Forbartha.
A 63-house public authority scheme was chosen to monitor the energy performance of three house types: 'standard', 'well insulated' and 'passive solar', all essentially based on a prize-winning house design in an EEC competition. However, inadequate space heating — since replaced —vitiated many of the expected energy savings, and in the passive solar design heat losses from the uninsulated south-facing conservatory largely offset the solar gains. Experience also showed that some form of curtaining should be assumed when considering direct solar gain through windows. The author is a Senior Research Officer at An Foras Forbartha.
Housing at Clonmel, Ireland
Minogue, Patrick J. (author)
Building Research & Information ; 15 ; 210-214
1987-01-01
5 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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