The reduction of electricity use for heating and domestic hot water in cold climates can be achieved by: (1) reducing … the heating loads through the improvement of the thermal performance of house envelopes, and (2) using solar energy … a reference house for the study of long-term thermal storage. Third, the computer simulation of a solar heating system …

Earth-air heat exchange (EAHE) systems offer the possibility of reducing use of nonrenewable energy for heating … cold climates is small. Even less has been reported on their heating performance, but the available information suggests … heating with EAHE were found for cool climates. Four articles that addressed ground temperature effects with horizontal ground …

, especially for space heating and cooling, are closely linked to several weather variables, mainly air temperature. The analysis … temperature. Base temperature should be chosen to coincide with the minimum energy consumption. In this way, changes in heating …

. Calculations included pig number, slurry (manure water mixture) dilution, retention time and biogas/solar heating. Although using …:9 slurry dilution rate commonly used on pig farms. However, at a 1:3 slurry dilution, the use of solar heating to provide 90 …

The increasing deployment of renewables introduces substantial variability into the production of electricity … investigate whether households can be prompted, via SMS messages, to move electricity consumption, and if so, whether these are …