Solar Sustainable Housing

Overview

Solar Sustainable Housing represents a joint venture between the ECBCS and Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC) Task 28. The objective of this Annex is to help achieve in participating countries a significant penetration of solar sustainable housing in the housing markets (i.e. >5%) by the year 2010 by providing builders and institutional real estate investors with:

• Good examples of built projects with proven successes,
• Hard facts to make cost/benefit decisions on the mix of solar and conservation strategies,
• Guidance to improve energy, environmental and cost performance of their own designs.

The Scope of this Annex includes:

• Housing types: Multi-family, row, duplex and detached housing
• Solar technologies: Passive, active and PV solar use, natural cooling and daylighting involving the building envelope and struture.
• Conservation technologies: Super insulation and windows, thermal bridge avoidance, ventilation and heat recovery systems.
• Spin-off technologies: For retrofitting extsiting buildings.

The Annex will accomplish its objectives in four phases:

• Market Assessment and Communication
• Design and Analysis
• Construction and Demonstration
• Measurement and Evaluation

Results will be the collective efforts of the Annex will lead to the following publications and activities:

Planned publications :

• Model Solar Sustainable Houses (WWW site),
• Marketable Solar Sustainable Housing: Plans, Details and Performance (Book)
• Guide to Cost Effective Design (Handbook).
• Activities: Demonstration Buildings and Workshops and Symposia.