SOLAR WALL SYSTEM, THE SUN-CENTERED APPROACH TOWARD ECOSYSTEM
Author(s) -
Masoud Valinejad Shoubi,
Mojtaba Valinejad Shoubi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of green building
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.248
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1943-4618
pISSN - 1552-6100
DOI - 10.3992/jgb.8.4.39
Subject(s) - renewable energy , sustainability , fossil fuel , solar energy , energy balance , environmental resource management , resource (disambiguation) , natural resource economics , environmental economics , environmental science , business , engineering , computer science , ecology , economics , waste management , computer network , electrical engineering , biology
Energy costs are continuing to rise as the Earth's fossil fuel resources diminish. In addition, the population of the earth is increasing, meaning that the use of these scarce resources will increase at a faster rate than in the past. Inevitably, the result will be continuing increases in the Earth's temperature, resulting in widespread climate change that could have devastating environmental impacts. Thus, as the Earth is moving rapidly toward an energy crisis, sustainable architecture with enhanced energy efficiency takes on great importance in seeking to establish a reasonable balance between human needs and the environment. To achieve this balance, it is essential that we use every available means to manage and reduce people's basic needs—such as heating or cooling of living spaces—in order to minimize our use of non-renewable energy sources. The Sun is one of the largest and cheapest sources of energy. This tremendous resource has the ability to meet a large portion of human needs. In re...
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