Conference article

Francesca Stazi
Dipartimento di architettura, costruzioni e strutture (DACS), Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Alessio Mastrucci
Dipartimento di architettura, costruzioni e strutture (DACS), Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Constanza De Perna
Dipartimento di energetica, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Download articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp110571938

Published in: World Renewable Energy Congress - Sweden; 8-13 May; 2011; Linköping; Sweden

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 57:26, p. 1938-1945

Published: 2011-11-03

ISBN: 978-91-7393-070-3

ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)

The aims of this study are to identify experimentally temperatures and heat fluxes of the solar wall; compare the solar wall’s behavior with a traditional wall from the point of view of consumptions and comfort; optimize the wall in relation to energy savings. In order to do that; various activities were carried out: a series of monitoring activities for several years in different seasons (in this paper only the results obtained for winter and autumn are reported); dynamic simulations with software EnergyPlus on a virtual model calibrated by comparison with experimental results; parametric analyses for the optimization of the wall.

The results demonstrated that solar wall is an efficient system in temperate climates; with an energy savings of 12;2% and summer comfort comparable to that provided by traditional housing. Finally it was possible to identify optimal design features (Thickness of the wall; absorbance; type of glass).

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