TY - BOOK ID - 8083681 TI - Solar heating systems for houses : a design handbook for solar combisystems PY - 2003 SN - 1902916468 9781902916460 PB - London : James & James, DB - UniCat KW - Solar heating KW - Solar houses KW - 697.7 KW - energietechnologie KW - zonnepanelen KW - Solar-heated houses KW - Solar homes KW - Sun-heated houses KW - Dwellings KW - Solar buildings KW - Solar heat KW - Heating KW - Solar thermal energy KW - verwarmingsmethoden: incl. zonnewarmte KW - zonne-installatie KW - zonne-energie KW - solar buildings KW - Relation between energy and economics KW - Thermodynamics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8083681 AB - The use of solar collectors for domestic hot water over the past 20 years has demonstrated that 3 heating systems are now founded on a reliable and mature technology. However, the development of similar, but more complex, systems to provide both domestic hot water and space heating (solar combisystems) resulted in a diverse range of different designs that were not carefully optimized to reflect local climate and practice. Application of energy-efficient building strategies such as improved thermal insulation and use of low temperature heat supply systems is becoming increasingly common. This trend, combined with growing environmental awareness and the subsidies available in certain countries, favours an increase in market share for solar combisystems. The need for guidelines in selecting the appropriate system and designing this system according to the specific needs of the building and the local environment is therefore now increasingly pressing. This book fills that need. ER -