Solar Low Energy Houses of IEA Task 13

The International Energy Agency's Task 13 is to advance solar building technologies. As part of that programme, 15 houses in 12 countries have been built to test new technologies and strategies for achieving low energy demand while maintaining a good indoor climate.;The principal strategies used and evaluated are: minimization of heat losses, profiting from passive solar and internal gains, heating with an active solar system, heating with recovered heat and providing auxiliary heat efficiently.;For each house, this work provides a list of energy features incorporated, an analysis of energy demand, a floor plan, and a description of methods of construction. The houses range from apartment blocks to detached and terraced housing. Local weather conditions, building styles and cultural requirements are taken into consideration.

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Authored by Hastings, Robert

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1. Austrian Row House in Lustenau; 2. Belgian Row House in Louvain-la-Neuve; 3. Canadian Single-family House in Brampton; 4. Canadian SingleâEUR"family House in Waterloo; 5. Danish Row Houses at Kolding; 6. Finnish SingleâEUR"family House in Pietarsaari; 7. German Duplex in Rottweil; 8. German Row House in Berlin; 9. Japanese Duplex in Iwaki; ch0010 The Netherlands Apartment Building in Amstelveen; 11. Norwegian Row House at Hamar; 12. Swedish SingleâEUR"family House in Röskà r; 13. Swiss Duplex in Gelterkinden; 14. American SingleâEUR"family House at Grand Canyon; 15. American SingleâEUR"family House at Yosemite;