To reduce or even eliminate the need for heat in the winter and air conditioning in the summer, a passive house is built ...
Above: The living room of a Passive ... heating and cooling that’s required is usually provided by an air-source heat pump), ...
Today, however, actively cooling a building is much easier. Passive design, therefore, focuses on keeping a building cool and usable without the reliance on air conditioning. In many regions of ...
An international research team has designed a novel cooling system for PV modules involving a phase change material (PCM), heat sink fins, and water. The experimental system utilizes passive ...