Energy and Housing
A Symposium Held at the Open University, Milton Keynes, on 31st October, 1974. Convened by B.W. Jones of the Faculty of Science and the Energy Research Group
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1975
- Editors: C. B. Wilson, H. J. Cowan, A. W. Hendry
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 1 8 9 6 8 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 3 8 5 4 - 1
Energy and Housing examines the problem of power for houses and energy for building materials and considers ways of reducing the energy consumed in domestic housing. Emphasis is… Read more
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Request a sales quoteEnergy and Housing examines the problem of power for houses and energy for building materials and considers ways of reducing the energy consumed in domestic housing. Emphasis is more on the running energy costs than on the capital energy cost of building materials and construction. This book is comprised of 12 chapters and begins by describing two types of fluidic wall attachment devices for controlling hot water flow in a domestic heating circuit, followed by a discussion on the thermal performances of well-insulated houses having thermally heavy interiors and thermally light interiors and similar overall U-values. Subsequent chapters focus on how buildings provide protection from the climate and the problem of flexibility in thermal comfort; the energy cost of the construction and habitation of timber frame housing; the capital energy requirements of buildings; and the use of winter sunshine to heat buildings. A model that describes the thermal response of a solar heated building is also considered, along with the use of solar energy for housing and some problems associated with the design of low-energy housing. The final chapter evaluates the socioeconomic, environmental, and political implications of minimizing energy costs in buildings. This monograph will be of interest to energy and housing officials and policymakers.
Chapter 1: EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
The context of the problem
Conclusions
The technical issues
Arrangement of papers
Acknowledgements
Chapter 2: FLUIDIC DIVERTER VALVES APPLIED TO INTERMITTENT DOMESTIC HEATING
Summary
Intermittent Control
Sequence of Loads
Fluidic Diverting Valves
Energy Consumption of the Heating Circuits
Conclusions
Chapter 3: SOME EFFECTS OF VENTILATION RATE, THERMAL INSULATION AND MASS ON THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF HOUSES IN SUMMER AND WINTER
Summary
Introduction
Thermal Performance Calculations and Results
Practical Aspects of Construction including the Moisture Problem
Conclusions
Chapter 4: THERMAL COMFORT
Summary
The Thermal Environment People Prefer
Conclusion
Chapter 5: THE ENERGY COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND HABITATION OF TIMBER FRAME HOUSING
Summary
Introduction
Timber Frame Housing
Energy Cost of Construction
Energy Cost of Habitation
Chapter 6: ENERGY TO BUILD
SUMMARY
MATERIALS
EXTERNAL SKIN OF BUILDINGS
INTERNAL STRUCTURE
CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 7: HEATING BUILDINGS BY WINTER SUNSHINE
Summary
Introduction
Solar Construction
Economic Viability of a Solar Wall
a) Glass wall temperature Tgw
b) Cavity temperature Tcav
Solar Incidence and Sunshine Hours
Estimates of Glasswall Temperature
Is A Solar Wall Economic?
Discussion
Acknowledgements
Chapter 8: A THERMAL MODEL FOR A SOLAR HEATED BUILDING
Summary
Acknowledgements
Chapter 9: Solar Housing
Summary
Optimisation of monthly mean daily heat balance of a rectangular building
Conclusion
Chapter 10: THERMAL INSULATION STANDARDS
Summary
Current Standards
Mean U-Values or Volumetric Heat Loss
Fortuitous Heat Gains
Relation with Thermal Capacity
Climate Zones
Tentative Suggestions
Chapter 11: SOME PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESIGN OF LOW ENERGY HOUSING
PREDICTION OF ANNUAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION
COSTS
CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 12: THE AUTONOMOUS HOUSING RESEARCH PROGRAMME
Summary
Introduction
Justification
Large Scale Systems
Autonomous Systems Integration
Power
Water Supply and Food Production
Design Guide
Conclusion
Chapter 13: MINIMISING ENERGY COSTS IN BUILDINGS: THE SOCIOECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS
Summary
The ‘Energy Crisis’
Energy Use and Conservation in Buildings
Appropriate Technologies
Decentralisation
Implications
Chapter 14: DISCUSSION SESSIONS
Morning session
Afternoon session
List of Participants
- No. of pages: 158
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1975
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Paperback ISBN: 9780080189680
- eBook ISBN: 9781483138541
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