This study evaluates the energetic and environmental performances
of a group of renewable energy technologies widely used in the
residential sector, by applying them to a typical housing unit that
resembles to some extent our local housing units.
Then comparing
those technologies with the conventional ones.
The renewable energy technologies used in this study are:
thermosiphon domestic solar water heater with evacuated tube
collector, PV system, geothermal heat pump (GSHP), in addition to
four hybrid systems that include: the solar water heater with three
types of backup systems (diesel, electricity and natural gas) and a
hybrid system that combines between the geothermal heat pump
and a PV system to operate it.
