What is a solar house?

Each house on planet Earth is a solar house. In the modern days of building architecture, a solar house is an important concept that incorporates the motion of the Sun, the location of the building (latitude), climatic conditions, and locally available materials required for building construction.

How a solar house can save energy?

The thermal comfort inside solar houses can be met by using various concepts of cooling and heating technology by proper design of a building, which is known as a “passive house.” In this case, a significant amount of high-grade energy of fossil fuel can be saved from an ecological and climatic point of view.

What is a bioclimatic solar house?

The 'bioclimatic solar house' was the first experimental project developed as the conclusion of research carried out from 1981 to 1984 and awarded in 1985. The aim was to show that bioclimatic design was not as expensive as some people thought, and that it was possible to use renewable energy even in less expensive houses.

How do solar houses provide thermal comfort?

The thermal comfort inside solar houses can be met by using various concepts of cooling and heating technology by proper design of a building, which is known as a “passive house.” In this case, a significant amount of high-grade energy of fossil fuel can...

How many solar houses were built at MIT?

This endowment stimulated the creation of MIT's Solar Energy Research Project. From 1938-1988 (the 50-year period stipulated by the Cabot endowment), a series of six experimental or prototypical solar houses were built. Professor Hoyt Hottel chaired the MIT Research Committee on Solar Energy from 1938-1964 and built three solar houses.

What is the average solar collector area?

For the single-family houses, the solar collector areas range from 20–80 m2 with a mean value of 45 m 2. Expressed as a percentage of house floor area, the range is from 17–55% and the mean value is 32%.