List of low-energy building techniques

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Low-energy buildings, which include zero-energy buildings, passive houses and green buildings, may use any of a large number of techniques to lower energy use.

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* Sustainable energy
* Carbon-neutral fuel
* Fossil fuel phase-out

Energy conservation

* Cogeneration
* Efficient energy use
* Energy storage
* Green building
* Heat pump
* Low-carbon power
* Microgeneration
* Passive solar building design

Renewable energy

* Biofuel
* Geothermal
* Hydroelectricity
* Solar
* Tidal
* Wave
* Wind

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The following are some of the techniques used to achieve low-energy buildings, which excludes energy generation (microgeneration).

## Improvements to building envelope

* Active daylighting
* Barra system
* Brise soleil
* Cool roof and green roof
* Daylighting
* Double envelope house
* Earth sheltering
* Energy plus house
* Fluorescent lighting, compact fluorescent lamp, and LED lighting
* Green building and wood
* History of passive solar building design
* Low-energy house
* Passive daylighting
* Passive house
* Passive solar
* Passive solar building design
* Quadruple glazing
* Solar energy
* Superinsulation
* Sustainable architecture
* Sustainability
* Trombe wall
* Windcatcher
* Zero energy building
* Zero heating building

## Improvements to heating, cooling, ventilation and water heating

* Absorption refrigerator
* Annualized geothermal solar
* Convection door
* Earth cooling tubes
* Geothermal heat pump
* Heat recovery ventilation
* Hot water heat recycling
* Passive cooling
* Renewable heat
* Seasonal thermal energy storage (STES)
* Solar air conditioning
* Solar hot water

## Energy rating systems

* EnerGuide (Canada)
* Home energy rating (US)
* House Energy Rating (Australia)
* LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
* National Home Energy Rating (UK)

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