Energy System Design and Optimization of a Solar Decathlon House

Towards an optimized zero energy solar house: A critical analysis of passive and active design strategies used in Solar Decathlon Europe in Madrid

“…Brambilla et al (2017) using a SD winning prototype examined the relationship between indoor comfort and climatic context. There are also a number of studies that reported projects from China (Lyu et al, 2017;Zhang et al, 2014). The previous studies on SD serial competitions have reported and examined the relevant projects from different perspectives; while an integrative examination is still missing.…”