A solar cooling strategy for net-zero energy buildings
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Authors
Phillips, Kenton Andrew
Issue Date
2016-08
Type
Electronic thesis
Thesis
Thesis
Language
ENG
Keywords
Architectural sciences
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Abstract
Within the commercial building sector, the largest consumption of primary energy is driven by cooling and ventilation requirements. Renewable cooling strategies utilizing solar energy could present an attractive alternative to grid source HVAC systems, due to the abundance of solar energy (1050 kWh/m2/yr) incident on buildings relative to building energy demand (150 kWh/m2/yr).
Description
August 2016
School of Architecture
School of Architecture
Full Citation
Publisher
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY