Passive solar design and technology

What are the benefits of passive solar design?
  • A more comfortable indoor environment- warm in winter and cool in summer.
  • Lower heating and cooling bills.
  • After recovering the initial cost, your power savings can be immense.
  • Easy to maintain.
Download a spreadsheet of passive solar design solutions (see link below). Use this information to learn about:
  • appropriate applications
  • construction issues
  • estimated costs
  • suppliers
  • references
  • indicative energy savings.
A range of idea sheets are also available for your business (see link below). They include the following information about innovative solar technologies:
  • examples
  • benefits
  • potential energy savings
  • design considerations.