Solar Energy Utilization through Building Design: A Study in the Experimental Building Minilab

摘要

Many of the ideas for solar energy utilization in buildings come from the U.S. which is situated between the latitudes 25 deg and 48 deg. Sweden, however, lies between 55 deg and 69 deg and has therefore set its own demands for its buildings, demands which are shaped by climate, northerly position and building traditions. There is a very great number of design tools and computer simulation programs which an architect can use. The object of the research project was to carry out accurate and systematic measurements and, on the basis of these, to study different methods whereby the quantity of bought energy can be reduced by the design of the building. It is the methods which utilize solar energy by different room designs which are studied in this part.