Building and process optimization potential
July 2023 - PDF 0.82MB
Publisher: IEA SHC Task 65

This document is the final report on activity A4 “Building and process optimization” of the IEA SHC Task 65 “Solar Cooling for the Sunbelt regions”. It presents an overview on the relevance of building and process optimization..Several ongoing and completed projects are introduced and results are depicted. In particular, information about completed and running research projects are presented in order to quantify the amount of energy used for cooling systems. Furthermore, main projects related to the IEA EBC (Buildings and Communities Programme) about cooling.
systems are reported.
 

Solar Cooling for the Sunbelt Regions: Climatic Conditions & Applications
D-A1
June 2023 - PDF 4.34MB

In general, climatic conditions and typical applications for (solar) cooling heavily depend on the location. In order to be able to deduce regionally specific requirements for solar cooling systems, it is therefore obvious to use geographical data. To process such data a Geographic information system (GIS) is needed. GIS are able to capture, store, check, and display data related to positions on Earth’s surface. Most geographical data relevant for this application are already available from various sources, such as solar radiation data, climatic data, population data etc.

In activity A1 a GIS software was used to combine geographic data in a way that local reference boundary conditions for solar cooling systems in the Sunbelt regions can be determined and also used for evaluation. The developed method can also be used to create information about possible locations and potentials of specific solar cooling systems. By additionally using for example population density and purchase power data a base for future market potential studies on certain products / technologies is provided. As a result potential sites can be identified as well as economic factors can be considered in order to identify (future) markets.

Many results from the ongoing research project “Solar thermal energy system for cooling and process heating in the sunbelt region – SBC” have been included into this Task. The project is carried out by two partners: Industrial Solar GmbH and the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE Bayern). It was funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) under the project number 03ETW026. The developed method was used to determine possible locations and potentials for the SBC system as a first example. It is planned to use the developed method in the further course of the task work.