A Report On Passive Solar Architecture

As the global population increases exponentially, having passed six billion in 1999, the world population is expected to be 8.9 billion by the year 2050. The worlds energy consumption will increase by an estimated 54 percent by 2025. Energy demand in the industrialized world is projected to grow 1.2 percent per year. Energy is a critical component of sustained economic growth and improved standards of living. One of the major requirements for sustaining human progress is an adequate source of energy. As the world’s technological enhancements and standards of living improve, so too does their appetite for electricity.

Humans are considered to be a big reason for this rise in temperatures over the last forty years. This is due to our extensive use of using fuels for energy that release carbon dioxide, also called the greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. Every car driven on the road releases this substance as well as fuels used to heat homes and provide power to our everyday lives. There are also other factors that play a role into this explosion of rising temperatures. The EPA website states, “The majority of greenhouse gases come from burning fossil fuels to produce energy, although deforestation, industrial processes, and some agricultural practices also emit gases into the atmosphere” (EPA.gov, 2014). Trees are the atmospheres filter for carbon dioxide but when we continually dump more and more of this gas into the air and cut down more and more of the forests the balance of the Earth becomes skewed and the temperatures increase.

Energy use by buildings would be reduced by a Factor 10 or more below that of conventional buildings. The purpose of factor 10 is a long-term

Ed Welsh and Bo Haeberle discovered an idea of the solar feeder. After years of developing, the product became very successful. It even won several prizes like the best new product in the Bird Watch America trade show, the national birding convention. After this, Ed and Bo decided to sell their final product under new established company Squirrel Defense, Inc. They opened a small shop in Greensboro and begin the production of the solar feeder so they could take orders for the demanded product. Owners spent too much money and time on developing the product and now, their expectations are high because they have an advantage of unique product and even the investors showed interest in the company.

Passive solar heating designs are some of the simplest forms of incorporating solar energy into your daily home life. Passive solar designs incorporate the sun

Wind energy is, “a renewable resource and has no fuel cost”, which helps the wind energy industry rise to prominence (American). With the low prices of wind energy, it is becoming an affordable form of electricity, although it still isn’t a main component in regards to energy production. Hydropower is the United States, “largest source of renewable electricity”; the most common type is conventional, which is typically associated with dams (Valley). Although hydropower is the most prominent green energy source in the United States, it doesn’t take away from the outrageous prices that go along with having this type of energy. Solar energy is the last main source of green energy. There isn’t as much research regarding this industry, because it isn’t as developed as the others. However, millions of dollars have been granted to try and better its development (Howell). Green buildings are structures that, “aim to reduce the negative impacts on the environment through using less natural resources to build and operate” (Dwaikat). These eco-boosting buildings incorporate each of the common types of green energy, however in some cases, they “don’t perform as predicted” (Dwaikat). In a case study over green buildings, it was found that they, “used around 160% more energy than expected”, which became a trend for the majority of the buildings (Dwaikat).

Using diesel or gasoline, these generators can power refrigerators, air conditioners and fans. This method is already in use in many domestic and industrial settings in Africa. The major drawback to using generating sets is the cost of acquiring them, and running cost since diesel and gasoline are relatively expensive. Air conditioners are famous power guzzlers, therefore, to reduce the acquisition cost, especially for cooling of buildings, fans can replace air conditioners. The fans can provide a relatively sufficient cooling effect for a fraction of the energy consumption of air conditioners. For the cooling of foods, drinks and other consumables, generators can be used intermittently to power refrigerators. With proper insulation, a good refrigerator can keep its contents cool for several hours, with some remaining cold for up to two days, thereby reducing the need to keep the generators

This dramatic increase is mainly due to human activities; such as, fossil fuel combustion in the coal mines or

Abstract— Now a days, global warming is one of the serious concern for environment to get protected from it every one is taking help of technology by the means of different types of refrigeration system for comfort food process, medicines, blood storage, humidity control, etc. use of refrigeration system not totally green or ineffective environment, if we can use proper eco-friendly refrigerant in refrigeration system and make number of refrigeration system less. Then it is not long way to be resolve global warming issue. In Indian middle class and poor families cannot afford all types of refrigeration system like a ac, refrigerator, air cooler, etc. generally they purchase only air cooler. To solve this we can integrate refrigeration system of ac, refrigerator and air cooler in one product. So, that it cans multiplication and can we say as multifunctional refrigeration system. This type’s product various components are used like as compressor, condenser, capillary tube, evaporator, motor, fan, etc.

The residential building sector is one of the major energy consumers in North America. It accounts for 17% of energy used in Canada, resulting in 70 megatons (Mt) of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) 2008). According to Natural Resources Canada (NRCan 2010a), 65% of residential energy consumption is attributed to space heating by means of the primary fuel types, natural gas and electricity (Statistics Canada 2007).

Yang, H.X., & Lu, L. (2004) Study of Typical Meteorological Years and Their Effect on Building Energy and RenewableEnergy Simulations, ASHRAE Trans, 110, (2), pp. 424–431.

The energy consumption on the Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and refrigeration systems are fleetly ceaselessly increasing. Department of Environment and Energy (2013) stated that the energy consumption in Australia on the HVAC was approximately 40% and 70% of the base building consumption in 2012. Moreover, a research conducted in Paris projected that 15% of the generated electricity world wildly is utilized for air conditioning and refrigeration systems (Choudhury et al. 2010).

A recent newspaper article stated that approximately 50% of the green gas emissions in the Britain are caused by buildings (Knapton, S. (2017). Though new buildings in Britain are designed for improved be energy efficiency, studies have now found that many of these buildings, in reality, fail to deliver reduced energy consumption figures (Knapton, S. (2017).

In a decade from now, the building industry will have changed in certain ways; however, it will remain the same in other categories. The building industry mainly involves residential and nonresidential. In the future, nonresidential buildings will continue to increase. Residential buildings, however, may remain the same, if not increase minorly. The building industry has had numerous positive outcomes in previous years, which will continue.

The energy analysis for the Architecture Annex was run with the settings of a 24/7 school or university building. The location was set to Urbana, IL, and the HVAC system was set to the default type. The analysis showed that most energy would be used on fuel,