Energy savings of a house with solar heating, earth cooling and air circulation

Qingyuan Zhang, Osamu Ishihara and Tetsuo Hayashi

Renewable Energy, 1994, vol. 5, issue 5, 1135-1137

Abstract: A new type of residence with solar heating, earth cooling and air circulation(the SEA House) has been proposed by the authors. In winter, the house is heated by solar energy. Thermal insulation, heat storage and air circulation are used to maintain the room temperature at a comfortable level and to reduce the energy demands for air-conditioning. In summer, the cooling tubes are used for the purpose of cooling the proposed house. In this paper, the energy savings of the SEA House are analyzed quantitatively. Comparing to the energy used for the air-conditioning of the existing residential houses in Hokkaido, Sendai, Tokyo and Kagoshima, it is estimated that only 19%, 18%, 14% and 24% of energy are needed for the airconditioning of the SEA House respectively.

Keywords: The SEA House; solar heating; earth cooling; air circulation; simulation; energy savings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(94)90140-6

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