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PASSIVE SOLAR ENERGY [10 records]

Record 1 2019-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Walls and Partitions
  • Solar Energy
  • Modern Construction Methods
DEF

A passive heating concept consisting of a vertical building wall with glazing and massive masonry wall behind it to absorb the incoming solar energy and transfer it to the building by natural circulation.

CONT

A solar wall (mass wall) consists of three parts: a wall with high thermal capacity, e.g. brick or concrete, an absorbing surface, e.g. dark paint, and a transparent cover ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Murs et cloisons
  • Énergie solaire
  • Procédés de construction modernes
DEF

Dispositif de chauffage solaire passif, constitué d'un épais mur [...] établi derrière une grande surface vitrée, et peint en noir.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paredes y mamparas
  • Energía solar
  • Métodos de construcción modernos
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Record 2 2019-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Solar Energy
CONT

Passive solar houses(with passive solar heating or cooling) rely upon natural convective, conductive and radiation principles to distribute heat(or cold), with no outside energy requirements(as in active solar houses...). In most cases, passive systems involve designs in which the building itself(or parts of it) serves to collect the sunlight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de constructions
  • Énergie solaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de construcciones
  • Energía solar
CONT

Una vivienda bioclimática ideal se modifica consecuentemente en cada estación del año, perdiendo muy poco calor cuando hace frío, captando la energía solar que le llega durante el día en los meses invernales y almacenándola para usarla cuando necesite calor. Por otra parte, en los meses calurosos está en condiciones de rechazar las radiaciones, cediendo la mayor cantidad posible de calor. Para lograr una aproximación a este objetivo se selecciona la orientación, la forma, el tamaño, la ubicación de aberturas, el tipo de materiales, la vegetación circundante, la incorporación de agua, etc.

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Record 3 2017-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
  • Solar Energy
CONT

Solar heating is heat created by the energy of the sun. Solar heat can be either active or passive. Passive solar heating, as the name suggests, takes advantage of the heat created through natural means(heat created when sunlight passes through a window and becomes trapped inside a building). Active solar heating systems are made up of three components : the solar collector, energy storage, and distribution pipes or ducts. Sunlight is collected by absorber panels, conditioned if required, and distributed through the building by a heat transfer fluid or by air.

OBS

solar heating: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
  • Énergie solaire
CONT

Le chauffage solaire à appoint séparé : C'est un système de chauffage solaire séparé du système de production de chaleur solaire (poêle, cheminée, convecteur, etc.) qui viendra assurer un complément de chaleur en cas de déficience du solaire. La chaleur produite par cet appoint est indépendante du système de production de chaleur solaire et va permettre d'émettre de la chaleur «localement» dans la maison.

OBS

chauffage solaire : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solar Energy
  • Heating
  • Modern Construction Methods
DEF

Solar energy systems that combine both direct thermal(passive) and indirect solar design elements and equipment into one system; for example, solar collectors on a roof providing heat to the direct thermal storage component located inside the insulated shell of the structure.

OBS

As opposed to "active solar system" and "passive solar system."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie solaire
  • Chauffage
  • Procédés de construction modernes
DEF

Installation de chauffage solaire combinant quelques dispositifs mécaniques à des éléments fixes passifs pour utiliser l'énergie recueillie.

OBS

Chauffage solaire mixte. Procédé de chauffage des habitations qui fait appel à des systèmes actifs (capteurs plans, radiations, etc.) et à une architecture passive (murs trombe, espaces-tampons, etc.).

OBS

Par opposition à «système solaire actif» et «système solaire passif».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Energía solar
  • Calefacción
  • Métodos de construcción modernos
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Record 5 2008-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solar Energy
DEF

Use of the sun to help meet a building’s energy needs by means of architectural design (such as arrangement of windows) and materials (such as floors that store heat, or other thermal mass).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie solaire
DEF

Utilisation du soleil pour satisfaire les besoins énergétiques d'un bâtiment grâce à une conception architecturale révisée (notamment par une orientation optimale des fenêtres) et des matériaux (planchers absorbant la chaleur ou autres éléments au potentiel thermique élevé).

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
  • Solar Energy
CONT

Passive solar building design : A building design that uses structural elements of a building to heat and cool a building, without the use of mechanical equipment, which requires careful consideration of the local climate and solar energy resource, building orientation, and landscape features...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de constructions
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
  • Énergie solaire
DEF

[...] bâtiment [chauffé] en l'orientant par rapport au soleil [et] en récupérant et stockant [la] chaleur [de ce dernier].

Spanish

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Record 7 2003-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solar Energy
  • Machinery
CONT

Like woodfuel and coal, new and renewable sources of energy... are site-specific. Applications often take the form of biogas, windmills, mini-hydroplants, passive solar designs of buildings, photovoltaics, solar thermal, and solar stoves and water heaters.

OBS

photovoltaics: usually used in the plural in this context.

Key term(s)
  • photovoltaic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie solaire
  • Machines
CONT

Les solaristes sont passés depuis mardi dernier de la théorie à la pratique en découvrant, village après village, les avantages des photovoltaïques .

OBS

photovoltaïques : pluriel d'usage dans ce contexte.

Key term(s)
  • photovoltaique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Energía solar
  • Maquinaria
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Record 8 2003-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Standards and Regulations
  • Environmental Management
CONT

The Performance Path offers the greatest design flexibility, allowing for a building that does not meet some of the prescriptive requirements (subject to certain limitations) but that will not consume more energy than it would have if it had been designed in accordance with the Prescriptive Path.

CONT

A performance approach(also known as a systems performance approach) allows you to compare your proposed design with a baseline or reference design and demonstrate that the proposed design is at least as energy efficient as the baseline in terms of annual energy use. This approach allows great flexibility but requires considerably more effort. A performance approach is often necessary to obtain credit for special features, such as passive solar, photovoltaic cells, thermal energy storage, fuel cells, and other nontraditional building components. This approach requires an annual energy analysis for the proposed and the reference buildings.

CONT

Indicate whether building will be designed to prescriptive, performance or trade-off approaches.

Key term(s)
  • system performance approach

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réglementation et normalisation (Construction)
  • Gestion environnementale
CONT

L'une des trois voies de conformité proposées dans le Code national de l'énergie pour les maisons et le Code national de l'énergie pour les bâtiments. La voie de la performance autorisera des solutions de remplacement plus complexes, d'après une analyse de la performance des constructions au moyen d'un logiciel reconnu dans les codes de l'énergie. [Sources : Le code national de l'énergie pour les maisons et le code national de l'énergie pour les bâtiments.]

CONT

La méthode de la performance offre le maximum de souplesse dans la conception en acceptant les bâtiments qui ne satisfont pas à certaines des exigences prescriptives (sous réserve de certaines restrictions), mais qui ne consomment pas plus d'énergie qu'ils ne le feraient s'ils avaient été conçus suivant la méthode prescriptive.

Spanish

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Record 9 1996-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solar Energy
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Urban Housing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie solaire
  • Types de constructions
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)

Spanish

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Record 10 1986-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
  • Heating
CONT

Solar space heating can be classified into two general types : active and passive. An active system is one in which nonsolar energy is used to effect the transfer of energy. A passive system is one in which solar energy alone is used to effect the transfer of thermal energy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Chauffage

Spanish

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