Low-energy house, the Glossary
A low-energy house is characterized by an energy-efficient design and technical features which enable it to provide high living standards and comfort with low energy consumption and carbon emissions.[1]
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Absorption refrigerator
An absorption refrigerator is a refrigerator that uses a heat source to provide the energy needed to drive the cooling process.
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Autonomous building
An autonomous building is a building designed to be operated independently from infrastructural support services such as the electric power grid, gas grid, municipal water systems, sewage treatment systems, storm drains, communication services, and in some cases, public roads. Low-energy house and autonomous building are building, low-energy building, sustainable architecture and sustainable building.
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BC Energy Step Code
The BC Energy Step Code is a provincial regulation that local governments in British Columbia, Canada, may use, if they wish, to incentivize or require a level of energy efficiency in new construction that goes above and beyond the requirements of the base building code.
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Brise soleil
Brise soleil, sometimes brise-soleil, is an architectural feature of a building that reduces heat gain within that building by deflecting sunlight. Low-energy house and brise soleil are low-energy building.
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British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.
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Building envelope
A building envelope or building enclosure is the physical separator between the conditioned and unconditioned environment of a building, including the resistance to air, water, heat, light, and noiseSyed, Asif.
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Building regulations in the United Kingdom
Building regulations in the United Kingdom are statutory instruments or statutory regulations that seek to ensure that the policies set out in the relevant legislation are carried out.
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Building-energy performance gap
A building-energy performance gap is a disparity between the energy consumption predicted in the design stage of a building and the energy use in actual operation.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
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Canadian Home Builders' Association
The Canadian Home Builders' Association (CHBA) is a not-for-profit organization representing residential construction and related industry firms in Canada.
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Canadian Prairies
The Canadian Prairies (usually referred to as simply the Prairies in Canada) is a region in Western Canada.
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Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere
In Earth's atmosphere, carbon dioxide is a trace gas that plays an integral part in the greenhouse effect, carbon cycle, photosynthesis and oceanic carbon cycle.
See Low-energy house and Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere
Carbon emission label
A carbon emission label or carbon label describes the carbon dioxide emissions created as a by-product of manufacturing, transporting, or disposing of a consumer product. Low-energy house and carbon emission label are energy conservation.
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A ceramic metal-halide lamp (CMH), also generically known as a ceramic discharge metal-halide (CDM) lamp, is a type of metal-halide lamp that is 10–20% more efficient than the traditional quartz metal halide and produces a superior color rendition (80-96 CRI).
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Certification mark
A certification mark on a commercial product or service is a registered mark that enables its owner ("certification body") to certify that the goods or services of a particular provider (who is not the owner of the certification mark) have particular properties, e.g., regional or other origin, material, quality, accuracy, mode of manufacture, being produced by union labor, etc.
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Climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.
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Climate classification
Climate classifications are systems that categorize the world's climates.
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Code for Sustainable Homes
The Code for Sustainable Homes was an environmental assessment method for rating and certifying the performance of new homes in United Kingdom.
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Compact fluorescent lamp
A compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), also called compact fluorescent light, energy-saving light and compact fluorescent tube, is a fluorescent lamp designed to replace an incandescent light bulb; some types fit into light fixtures designed for incandescent bulbs.
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Daylighting (architecture)
Daylighting is the practice of placing windows, skylights, other openings, and reflective surfaces so that direct or indirect sunlight can provide effective internal lighting. Low-energy house and Daylighting (architecture) are sustainable building.
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Deciduous
In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.
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Denmark
Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.
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District heating
District heating (also known as heat networks) is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location through a system of insulated pipes for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating. Low-energy house and District heating are energy conservation.
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Ecolabel
Ecolabels (also "Eco-Labels") and Green Stickers are labeling systems for food and consumer products.
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Effect of Sun angle on climate
The amount of heat energy received at any location on the globe is a direct effect of Sun angle on climate, as the angle at which sunlight strikes Earth varies by location, time of day, and season due to Earth's orbit around the Sun and Earth's rotation around its tilted axis.
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Efficient energy use
Efficient energy use, or energy efficiency, is the process of reducing the amount of energy required to provide products and services. Low-energy house and efficient energy use are energy conservation.
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EKOenergy
EKOenergy is a globally active nonprofit ecolabel for renewable energy (electricity, gas, and heat and cold).
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EnerGuide
EnerGuide is the official mark of the Government of Canada for its energy performance rating and labeling program for key consumer items—houses, light-duty vehicles, and certain energy-using products.
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Energy audit
An energy audit is an inspection survey and an analysis of energy flows for energy conservation in a building. Low-energy house and energy audit are energy conservation.
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Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (the "EPBD") is the European Union's main legislative instrument aiming to promote the improvement of the energy performance of buildings within the European Union. Low-energy house and energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010 are low-energy building.
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Energy Star
Energy Star (trademarked ENERGY STAR) is a program run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that promotes energy efficiency.
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Energy-efficient landscaping
Energy-efficient landscaping is a type of landscaping designed for the purpose of conserving energy. Low-energy house and energy-efficient landscaping are energy conservation, low-energy building and sustainable building.
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Energy-plus building
An energy-plus building (also called: plus energy building, plus-energy house, efficiency-plus house) produces more energy from renewable energy sources, over the course of a year, than it imports from external sources. Low-energy house and energy-plus building are house types and low-energy building.
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Equator
The equator is a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
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Executive Order 13514
Executive Order 13514 (or EO 13514) was an Executive Order, entitled Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance, which U.S. President Barack Obama issued on October 5, 2009. Low-energy house and Executive Order 13514 are low-energy building and sustainable architecture.
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Final good
A final good or consumer good is a final product ready for sale that is used by the consumer to satisfy current wants or needs, unlike an intermediate good, which is used to produce other goods.
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Fossil fuel
A fossil fuel is a carbon compound- or hydrocarbon-containing material such as coal, oil, and natural gas, formed naturally in the Earth's crust from the remains of prehistoric organisms (animals, plants and planktons), a process that occurs within geological formations.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
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Green building
Green building (also known as green construction, sustainable building, or eco-friendly building) refers to both a structure and the application of processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition. Low-energy house and green building are building, low-energy building, sustainable architecture, sustainable building and sustainable urban planning.
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Green roof
A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane. Low-energy house and green roof are sustainable architecture and sustainable building.
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Green wall
A green wall is a vertical built structure intentionally covered by vegetation. Low-energy house and green wall are sustainable building.
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Greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities intensify the greenhouse effect.
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Ground source heat pump
A ground source heat pump (also geothermal heat pump) is a heating/cooling system for buildings that use a type of heat pump to transfer heat to or from the ground, taking advantage of the relative constancy of temperatures of the earth through the seasons.
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Ground-coupled heat exchanger
A ground-coupled heat exchanger is an underground heat exchanger that can capture heat from and/or dissipate heat to the ground. Low-energy house and ground-coupled heat exchanger are low-energy building.
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Halogen lamp
A halogen lamp (also called tungsten halogen, quartz-halogen, and quartz iodine lamp) is an incandescent lamp consisting of a tungsten filament sealed in a compact transparent envelope that is filled with a mixture of an inert gas and a small amount of a halogen, such as iodine or bromine.
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Harold Orr
Harold Walter Orr (born April 30, 1931) is a Canadian mechanical engineer known for his work on energy-efficient construction and air leakage in houses, in particular the prioritization of energy demand reduction over active systems through the use of superinsulation and airtightness in passive design.
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Heat pump
A heat pump is a device that consumes work (or electricity) to transfer heat from a cold heat sink to a hot heat sink.
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Heat recovery ventilation
Heat recovery ventilation (HRV), also known as mechanical ventilation heat recovery (MVHR) or energy recovery ventilation (ERV), is a ventilation system that recovers energy by operating between two air sources at different temperatures. Low-energy house and heat recovery ventilation are energy conservation, low-energy building and sustainable building.
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Hermetic seal
A hermetic seal is any type of sealing that makes a given object airtight (preventing the passage of air, oxygen, or other gases).
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History of passive solar building design
The passive solar design of buildings includes consideration of their orientation to the sun and their thermal mass, factors which have been incorporated to a greater or lesser extent in vernacular architecture for thousands of years. Low-energy house and History of passive solar building design are low-energy building.
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Home appliance
A home appliance, also referred to as a domestic appliance, an electric appliance or a household appliance, is a machine which assists in household functions such as cooking, cleaning and food preservation.
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Home Energy Rating
The Home Energy Rating is an American estimated measurement of a home's energy efficiency based on normalized modified end-use loads (nMEULs).
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House Energy Rating
The House Energy Rating (HER) or House Energy Rating Scheme (HERS) are worldwide standard measures of comparison by which one can evaluate the energy efficiency of a new or an existing building. Low-energy house and House Energy Rating are sustainable building.
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Incandescent light bulb
An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a filament that is heated until it glows.
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Indoor air quality
Indoor air quality (IAQ) is the air quality within buildings and structures.
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Insulation system
The electrical insulation system for wires used in generators, electric motors, transformers, and other wire-wound electrical components is divided into different classes by temperature and temperature rise.
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations.
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Landscape lighting
Landscape lighting or garden lighting refers to the use of outdoor illumination of private gardens and public landscapes; for the enhancement and purposes of safety, nighttime aesthetics, accessibility, security, recreation and sports, and social and event uses.
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LED lamp
An LED lamp or LED light is an electric light that produces light using light-emitting diodes (LEDs).
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LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a green building certification program used worldwide.
Light pollution
Light pollution is the presence of any unwanted, inappropriate, or excessive artificial lighting.
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List of low-energy building techniques
Low-energy buildings, which include zero-energy buildings, passive houses and green buildings, may use any of a large number of techniques to lower energy use. Low-energy house and List of low-energy building techniques are low-energy building and sustainable building.
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List of pioneering solar buildings
The following buildings are of significance in pioneering the use of solar powered building design. Low-energy house and List of pioneering solar buildings are energy conservation and low-energy building.
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Low-carbon economy
A low-carbon economy (LCE) is an economy which absorbs as much greenhouse gas as it emits.
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Minergie
Minergie is a registered quality label for new and refurbished low-energy-consumption buildings.
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Motion detection
Motion detection is the process of detecting a change in the position of an object relative to its surroundings or a change in the surroundings relative to an object.
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National Home Energy Rating
The National Home Energy Rating Scheme (NHER) is both a UK accreditation scheme for energy assessors and a rating scale for the energy efficiency of housing.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the US specializes in the research and development of renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy systems integration, and sustainable transportation.
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Natural Resources Canada
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan; Ressources naturelles Canada; label)Natural Resources Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Natural Resources.
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Net zero emissions
Global net zero emissions describes the state where emissions of greenhouse gases due to human activities, and removals of these gases, are in balance over a given period.
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Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator.
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OLED
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED), also known as organic electroluminescent (organic EL) diode, is a type of light-emitting diode (LED) in which the emissive electroluminescent layer is an organic compound film that emits light in response to an electric current.
OmniScriptum
Omniscriptum Publishing Group, formerly known as VDM Verlag Dr.
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Passive cooling
Passive cooling is a building design approach that focuses on heat gain control and heat dissipation in a building in order to improve the indoor thermal comfort with low or no energy consumption. Low-energy house and Passive cooling are energy conservation, low-energy building and sustainable architecture.
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Passive house
Passive house (Passivhaus) is a voluntary standard for energy efficiency in a building, which reduces the building's carbon footprint. Low-energy house and Passive house are house types, low-energy building and sustainable building.
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Passive solar building design
In passive solar building design, windows, walls, and floors are made to collect, store, reflect, and distribute solar energy, in the form of heat in the winter and reject solar heat in the summer. Low-energy house and passive solar building design are low-energy building and sustainable urban planning.
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Passivhaus-Institut
The Passivhaus-Institut (PHI) is responsible for promoting and maintaining the Passivhaus building program. Low-energy house and Passivhaus-Institut are low-energy building and sustainable architecture.
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Pergola
A pergola is most commonly an outdoor garden feature forming a shaded walkway, passageway, or sitting area of vertical posts or pillars that usually support cross-beams and a sturdy open lattice, often upon which woody vines are trained.
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Photovoltaics
Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry.
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Quadruple glazing
Standard quadruple glazed window - openable hdl-access. Low-energy house and quadruple glazing are low-energy building.
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Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
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Renewable energy
Renewable energy (or green energy) is energy from renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human timescale.
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Renewable heat
Renewable heat is an application of renewable energy referring to the generation of heat from renewable sources; for example, feeding radiators with water warmed by focused solar radiation rather than by a fossil fuel boiler. Low-energy house and renewable heat are energy conservation, low-energy building, sustainable architecture and sustainable building.
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Resource efficiency
Resource efficiency is the maximising of the supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively, with minimum wasted (natural) resource expenses.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a province in Western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the United States (Montana and North Dakota).
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Saskatchewan Research Council
The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is a provincial treasury board crown corporation engaged in research and technology development on behalf of the provincial government and private industry.
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Seasonal thermal energy storage
Seasonal thermal energy storage (STES), also known as inter-seasonal thermal energy storage, is the storage of heat or cold for periods of up to several months. Low-energy house and Seasonal thermal energy storage are energy conservation.
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Solar access
Solar access is the ability of one property to continue to receive sunlight across property lines without obstruction from another’s property (buildings, foliage or other impediment). Low-energy house and Solar access are sustainable urban planning.
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Solar air conditioning
Solar air conditioning, or "solar-powered air conditioning", refers to any air conditioning (cooling) system that uses solar power.
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Solar air heat
Solar air heating is a solar thermal technology in which the energy from the sun, insolation, is captured by an absorbing medium and used to heat air. Low-energy house and solar air heat are low-energy building and sustainable building.
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Solar cell
A solar cell or photovoltaic cell (PV cell) is an electronic device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by means of the photovoltaic effect.
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Solar gain
Solar gain (also known as solar heat gain or passive solar gain) is the increase in thermal energy of a space, object or structure as it absorbs incident solar radiation. Low-energy house and solar gain are low-energy building.
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Solar panel
A solar panel is a device that converts sunlight into electricity by using photovoltaic (PV) cells.
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Solar thermal collector
A solar thermal collector collects heat by absorbing sunlight.
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Solar water heating
Solar water heating (SWH) is heating water by sunlight, using a solar thermal collector. Low-energy house and solar water heating are sustainable building.
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Solid-state lighting
Solid-state lighting (SSL) is a type of lighting that uses semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), or polymer light-emitting diodes (PLED) as sources of illumination rather than electrical filaments, plasma (used in arc lamps such as fluorescent lamps), or gas.
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Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is the half (hemisphere) of Earth that is south of the Equator.
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Space heater
A space heater is a device used to heat a single, small- to medium-sized area.
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Superinsulation
Superinsulation is an approach to building design, construction, and retrofitting that dramatically reduces heat loss (and gain) by using much higher insulation levels and airtightness than average. Low-energy house and Superinsulation are energy conservation, low-energy building and sustainable building.
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Sustainability
Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long time.
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Sustainable architecture
Sustainable architecture is architecture that seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings through improved efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, development space and the ecosystem at large. Low-energy house and Sustainable architecture are low-energy building, sustainable building and sustainable urban planning.
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Sustainable energy
Energy is sustainable if it "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Definitions of sustainable energy usually look at its effects on the environment, the economy and society.
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Sustainable refurbishment
Sustainable refurbishment describes working on existing buildings to improve their environmental performance using sustainable methods and materials. Low-energy house and sustainable refurbishment are low-energy building, sustainable architecture and sustainable building.
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
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Temperate climate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.
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Thermal conductivity and resistivity
The thermal conductivity of a material is a measure of its ability to conduct heat.
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Thermal mass
In building design, thermal mass is a property of the matter of a building that requires a flow of heat in order for it to change temperature.
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Tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves.
Trellis (architecture)
A trellis (treillage) is an architectural structure, usually made from an open framework or lattice of interwoven or intersecting pieces of wood, bamboo or metal that is normally made to support and display climbing plants, especially shrubs.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy production, the research and development of nuclear power, the military's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy-related research, and energy conservation.
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Ventilation (architecture)
Ventilation is the intentional introduction of outdoor air into a space.
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Vine
A vine is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas, or runners.
Water heat recycling
Water heat recycling (also known as drain water heat recovery, waste water heat recovery, greywater heat recovery, or sometimes shower water heat recovery) is the use of a heat exchanger to recover energy and reuse heat from drain water from various activities such as dish-washing, clothes washing and especially showers. Low-energy house and water heat recycling are building and low-energy building.
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Wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy.
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Xenon arc lamp
A xenon arc lamp is a highly specialized type of gas discharge lamp, an electric light that produces light by passing electricity through ionized xenon gas at high pressure.
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Yakhchāl
A yakhchāl (یخچال "ice pit"; yakh meaning "ice" and chāl meaning "pit") is an ancient type of ice house, which also made ice.
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Zero-energy building
A Zero-Energy Building (ZEB), also known as a Net Zero-Energy (NZE) building, is a building with net zero energy consumption, meaning the total amount of energy used by the building on an annual basis is equal to the amount of renewable energy created on the site or in other definitions by renewable energy sources offsite, using technology such as heat pumps, high efficiency windows and insulation, and solar panels. Low-energy house and zero-energy building are low-energy building, sustainable architecture and sustainable building.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-energy_house
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