Passive Solar Energy Technology: Impact on Energy Infrastructure

摘要

An installed passive louver shading systems can affect the heating, cooling, and lighting loads of any building, by altering the amount of solar energy, in the form of light and heat, from entering. By optimizing a passive louver system's design parameters, a building can reduce the total annual energy consumption due to artificial heating, cooling loads and lighting. The widespread use of passive solar techniques, like louvered shading, in building and facilities has the potential to reduce energy consumption, lessening the demand on the aging electrical infrastructure in the United States. This research implemented simulation modeling software to predict the effect of passive louver shades annually on a home within the Midwest. This energy model of the building has been validated against actual experimental data, over the course of six months. The optimized array characteristics are derived from the minimization of the overall energy performance of these systems.