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The Impact of the Location of a Passive Frame House on Its Energy Demand for the Purpose of Heating—A Case Study

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  • Krzysztof Wąs

    (Department of Rural Building, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 31-120 Krakow, Poland)

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The reduction of energy demand in buildings is one of the key challenges in contemporary construction. To this end, the application of structural and material partitioning solutions that provide a high level of thermal insulation and the employment of technical installations with high energy performance have become widespread. However, there are a number of other factors that can reduce energy demand. These include the optimal use of heat gains from solar radiation. An aspect that is often discussed in the literature is the overheating of buildings due to excessive heat gains from solar radiation. This article is a case study showing the impact of the orientation of a single-family passive house on its heating energy demand. The building under consideration is located in Central Europe. External climate parameters measured directly at the site during experimental examinations were used for the calculations. This paper adopts six calculation options, considering the different orientations of the glazed façade. As the simulations showed, the effect of solar radiation on the energy demand between two extreme options of glazing orientation, that is south and north-facing orientation, reached 4.7% of the annual energy demand for heating, while for the option corresponding to the actual location of the building and the option involving south-facing windows, the difference was 0.3%, respectively.

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  • Krzysztof Wąs, 2024. "The Impact of the Location of a Passive Frame House on Its Energy Demand for the Purpose of Heating—A Case Study," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(12), pages 1-12, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:17:y:2024:i:12:p:2944-:d:1415225
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