Innovative energy systems for housing

单户住宅是加拿大的主要建筑类型。到2009年，加拿大的900万套房屋占所有建筑物建筑面积的57%，占全国电力和天然气消耗量的近四分之一，占全国温室气体排放总量的12%。尽管在建筑法规、设备效率和建筑实践方面取得了进步，但在过去的二十年里，由于单户住宅的使用，能源消耗增加了13%。显然，为了实现雄心勃勃的温室气体减排目标，并提供一个可持续和安全的能源未来，加拿大必须解决这个重要的和不断增长的部门：创新的新概念的单户住房是必要的;增量效率的提高是不够的。我的研究计划的长期目标是提高对住宅能源使用模式的理解，并开发和批判性地评估新的概念，以减轻能源需求的影响，并通过可再生和可持续的能源提供能源服务。为了实现这些长期目标，在当前资助申请所涵盖的时间段内，将重点关注两个研究领域：- 小型热电联产（微型热电联产）。季节性储存太阳热能的空间和水加热的高太阳能部分住房。

Single-family housing is the dominant building type in Canada. By 2009, Canada's 9 million houses comprised 57% of the floor area of all buildings, accounted for almost a quarter of the country's consumption of electricity and natural gas, and caused about 12% of the country's total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Despite advances in building codes and regulations, equipment efficiencies, and construction practices, there has been a 13% increase in energy consumption due to single-family housing in the past two decades. Clearly, to meet ambitious GHG emissions reduction targets and to provide for a sustainable and secure energy future, Canada must address this significant and growing sector: innovative new concepts for single-family housing are imperative; incremental efficiency improvements are not sufficient. The long-term goals of my research programme are to improve the understanding of residential energy use patterns and to develop and critically evaluate novel concepts for mitigating the impact of energy demands and for delivering energy services through renewable and sustainable sources.To contribute towards these long-term goals, efforts will be focused on two research areas over the timeperiod covered by the current grant application:- Small-scale cogeneration of heat and electricity (micro-cogeneration).- Seasonal storage of solar thermal energy for space and water heating for high-solar-fraction housing.