
347© 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
7
Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings*
I dreamed my genesis in sweat and death, fallen twice in the feeding sea, grown stale of
Adam’s brine until, vision of new man strength, I seek the sun.
—Dylan Thomas
Converting the sun’s radiant energy to heat is a common and well-developed solar conver-
sion technology. The temperature level and the amount of this converted energy are the key
parameters that must be known to match a conversion scheme to a specied task effectively.
Heating and cooling of buildings offer great opportunities for energy conservation as
well as utilization of solar energy. A rst step in ...