Increasing thermal inertia in our housing is a great idea. It saves energy.
But: we need to build low energy housing to manage climate change. That means there is very little waste energy available. Last house we built was 230m2, family of 5, had a total energy consumption, including everything from heating to water to home electricity, sitting at 8000kWh/y. That's in southern Sweden (N58deg).
There is no relevant amount of waste energy available.
This is the kind of housing we'll need to meet future energy targets.
But: we need to build low energy housing to manage climate change. That means there is very little waste energy available. Last house we built was 230m2, family of 5, had a total energy consumption, including everything from heating to water to home electricity, sitting at 8000kWh/y. That's in southern Sweden (N58deg).
There is no relevant amount of waste energy available.
This is the kind of housing we'll need to meet future energy targets.