About 30% of the energy consumption in the Netherlands is taken up by residences and offices. Most of this energy is used for heating purposes. In order to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels, it is necessary to reduce this energy use as much as possible by means of insulation and heat recovery. The remaining demand could be met by solar thermal, provided that an effective way would exist for storing solar heat.

Volume Subject Area:
Solar Heating and Cooling
Topics:
Heat storage, Solar energy, Energy consumption, Fossil fuels, Heat recovery, Heating, Insulation, Solar heating
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