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  2. Passive solar building design - Wikipedia

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    In passive solar building design, windows, walls, and floors are made to collect, store, reflect, and distribute solar energy, in the form of heat in the winter and reject solar heat in the summer. This is called passive solar design because, unlike active solar heating systems, it does not involve the use of mechanical and electrical devices.

  3. Trombe wall - Wikipedia

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    While passive solar techniques can reduce annual heating demand up to 25%, [19] specifically using a Trombe wall in building can reduce a building's energy consumption up to 30% in addition to being environmentally friendly. [20] Similarly, the energy heating savings of 16.36% can be achieved if a Trombe wall was added to the building envelope ...

  4. Double envelope house - Wikipedia

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    A double envelope house is a passive solar house design which collects solar energy in a solarium and passively allows the warm air to circulate around the house between two sets of walls, a double building envelope. This design is from 1975 by Lee Porter Butler in the United States.

  5. Energy management software - Wikipedia

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    Energy Management Software (EMS) is a general term and category referring to a variety of energy-related software [1] applications, which provide energy management including utility bill tracking, real-time energy metering, consumption control (building HVAC and lighting control systems), generation control (solar PV and ESS), building simulation and modeling, carbon and sustainability ...

  6. Solar gain - Wikipedia

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    Solar gain (also known as solar heat gain or passive solar gain) is the increase in thermal energy of a space, object or structure as it absorbs incident solar radiation. The amount of solar gain a space experiences is a function of the total incident solar irradiance and of the ability of any intervening material to transmit or resist the ...

  7. Solar thermal energy - Wikipedia

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    Solar thermal power plants use heat exchangers that are designed for constant working conditions, to provide heat exchange. Copper heat exchangers are important in solar thermal heating and cooling systems because of copper’s high thermal conductivity, resistance to atmospheric and water corrosion, sealing and joining by soldering, and ...

  8. Building performance simulation - Wikipedia

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    Other use of BPS software System sizing: for HVAC components like air handling units, heat exchanger, boiler, chiller, water storage tanks, heat pumps and renewable energy systems. Optimizing control strategies: Controller setup for shading, window opening, heating, cooling and ventilation for increased operation performance.

  9. Building automation - Wikipedia

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    Building automation (BAS), also known as building management system (BMS) or building energy management system (BEMS), is the automatic centralized control of a building's HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), electrical, lighting, shading, access control, security systems, and other interrelated systems.