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Rewards for passive solar design in the Building Code of Australia

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  • Peterkin, Neville

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The Building Code of Australia (BCA) 5 star benchmark substantially rewards passive solar design and makes it difficult for non-passive solar designs to be approved in Perth. This study shows that winter heating loads are substantially reduced in passive solar designed houses, but external wall material is not a significant factor. On the other hand, a reduction of summertime air conditioning use is dominated by internal thermal mass more than by passive solar design strategies. The application of heating and cooling caps are not recommended as part of a regulatory mechanism, because they may adversely affect on passive solar design in some Perth houses and may eliminate some houses that otherwise perform well in the summertime. The BCA works with passive solar design to identify minimum thermal performance standards that apply to all dwellings and is the appropriate national approach to regulating residential energy efficiency standards. Passive solar design is recommended as the path beyond minimum BCA standards to deliver best practice in the future.

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  • Peterkin, Neville, 2009. "Rewards for passive solar design in the Building Code of Australia," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 34(2), pages 440-443.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:34:y:2009:i:2:p:440-443
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.05.017
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    1. Alzoubi, Hussain H. & Alshboul, Abdulsalam A., 2010. "Low energy architecture and solar rights: Restructuring urban regulations, view from Jordan," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 35(2), pages 333-342.
    2. Clune, Stephen & Morrissey, John & Moore, Trivess, 2012. "Size matters: House size and thermal efficiency as policy strategies to reduce net emissions of new developments," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 657-667.
    3. Badescu, Viorel & Laaser, Nadine & Crutescu, Ruxandra & Crutescu, Marin & Dobrovicescu, Alexandru & Tsatsaronis, George, 2011. "Modeling, validation and time-dependent simulation of the first large passive building in Romania," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(1), pages 142-157.
    4. Morrissey, J. & Moore, T. & Horne, R.E., 2011. "Affordable passive solar design in a temperate climate: An experiment in residential building orientation," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(2), pages 568-577.

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