Superinsulated houses

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Annu. Rev. Energy; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.eg.11.110186.000245· OSTI ID:6906619

Shurcliff, W A

Superinsulation is a direct response to the fast-rising cost of home heating. Of the many kinds of responses, superinsulation is proving to be the simplest and most cost-effective. Until the oil embargo of 1973 there was little interest in saving heat. When the oil shortage arrived and fuel costs doubled and redoubled, many architects responded, at first, by invoking solar energy. They examined the designs of existing solar-heated houses and proposed a great variety of new designs, most of which appeared - to the uninitiated - to have great promise. Most of the early designs were of the active type; some were of the passive type; a few were of the hybrid design.

• Research Organization: Physics Dept., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA 02138
• OSTI ID: 6906619
• Journal Information: Annu. Rev. Energy; (United States), Journal Name: Annu. Rev. Energy; (United States) Vol. 11; ISSN AREND
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320107* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Building Systems-- (1987-)
ARCHITECTURE
BUILDINGS
CONTROL
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
DESIGN
ENERGY ANALYSIS
HEATING
HOUSES
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SOLAR ARCHITECTURE
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SPACE HEATING
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
THERMAL INSULATION