Guide to renewable energy - Small hydro power

Solar passive energy

Table of Contents

1 Is it for me?

2 Introduction

3 How much does it cost?

4 What are the benefits?

5 Step by step guide

6 Case studies

7 Legal considerations and financial tools

8 References

Case studies

Multifamily house with transparent insulation in Linz, Austria

A multifamily house in Linz- belonging to the WAG (Wohnungsanlagen GesmbH) - was retrofitted, including the installation of transparent thermal insulation connection system (Transparentes Wärmedämmverbundsystem, or TWDVS) in order to convert the solar radiation into useable heat.

View Word document

SOS children's village in Brno-Medlanky, Czech Republic

A low-energy housing development with a significant reduction of operating costs was achieved at the SOS children's village in Brno-Medlanky in the Czech Republic. Ten family homes and one administration building were constructed, and two existing single-family units were converted.

View Word document

Solar Housing Plabutsch - Graz in Austria

The task was to construct a low-energy social housing building in Graz, Austria within the framework of state funding for social housing. Although the project was subject to the criteria of subsidised housing and therefore costs had to be minimised, the building could be realised as a low-energy house.

View Word document

The Solar Village in Greece

The Solar Village was implemented as a dissemination, Research and Experimental project which intended to examine the use of a variation of conventional and novel (active and passive) heating systems such as solar panels, heat pumps, central heating, trombe walls etc.

This large-scale housing project consists of 435 apartments distributed in 30 buildings, an energy centre, a solar information centre and a commercial and community centre.

View Word document

See also Bioclimatic Building Design in the Guide to Efficient Use of Energy.