Optimization of solar energy use in large buildings - phase 3

This is done by enabling the building community to make the right choices, carrying out trade-off analyses between the need for energy conservation, daylighting, passive and active solar and photovoltaic technologies. Focus is on commercial and institutional buildings, as these need more than one system. The same issues are relevant for many other commercial and institutional buildings. However, some of these, such as hospitals, require rather specialised design teams and it would broaden the scope of the Task tremendously. They are therefore excluded. Primary results of the work will be guidelines, methods, and tools for building designers. The Task also includes demonstration buildings, as such buildings provide both an opportunity to test the tools developed, and as they provide an effective way of demonstrating the integration of solar technologies in real buildings. To structure the work, is has been divided into: Case stories; Tools for trade-off analyses; Design process guidelines; Dissemination and demonstration