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.
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
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
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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