THE RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLAR HOUSE IN CHINA

A brief recommendation about solar energy resources and the status of solar house research and development in China is introduced. The reaso ns for the slow development of an active solar house in the past is an alysed. By combining with various research achievements, the passive s olar house has had good advancement and applications. The demonstratio n transparent insulation material (TIM) solar house project in Shangha i is described as an example showing that with the development of sola r material, absorbing and storage wall and air-conditioning measures, the passive and hybrid solar house has the potential to provide future wider applications in China.