 Rewards for passive solar design in the Building Code of AustraliaNeville Peterkin Renewable Energy, 2009, vol. 34, issue 2, 440-443 Abstract: The Building Code of Australia (BCA) 5 star benchmark substantially rewards passive solar design and makes it difficult for non-passive solar designs to be approved in Perth. This study shows that winter heating loads are substantially reduced in passive solar designed houses, but external wall material is not a significant factor. On the other hand, a reduction of summertime air conditioning use is dominated by internal thermal mass more than by passive solar design strategies. The application of heating and cooling caps are not recommended as part of a regulatory mechanism, because they may adversely affect on passive solar design in some Perth houses and may eliminate some houses that otherwise perform well in the summertime. The BCA works with passive solar design to identify minimum thermal performance standards that apply to all dwellings and is the appropriate national approach to regulating residential energy efficiency standards. Passive solar design is recommended as the path beyond minimum BCA standards to deliver best practice in the future. Keywords: Passive solar design; Building Code of Australia; Australian building regulations; Heating and cooling of buildings; Heating loads; Cooling loads (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:renene:v:34:y:2009:i:2:p:440-443 DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.05.017 Access Statistics for this article Renewable Energy is currently edited by Soteris A. Kalogirou and Paul Christodoulides More articles in Renewable Energy from Elsevier |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.