13 resultaten gevonden voor 'solar heat gain'

solar heat gain

heat provided by solar radiation entering, directly or indirectly (after absorption in building elements), into the building through windows, opaque walls and roofs, or passive solar devices such as sunspaces, transparent insulation and solar walls

solar collector

device in which solar radiation is absorbed and converted to heat

solar farm

large-scale installation that is used to provide solar energy (3.5.20) to generate electricity

calorific gain

positive difference between the energy released on combustion of a material and Ha

heat pump

device that transfers heat from one space to another

heat exchanger

device built for efficient heat transfer from one medium to another

solar energy

radiant energy of the sun converted into other forms of energy, such as heat or electricity

heat island effect

phenomenon of elevated temperatures in urban and suburban areas compared to their outlying rural surroundings

heat island effect

tendency of an urban area to be warmer than its surroundings

ground source heat pump

heat pump (3.3.4)

that extracts heat from the ground in order to provide space and water heating for a building