ABSTRACT
Urbanization in recent years has needed to adapt solar techniques to the requirements of urban buildings. The challenge in the design of control systems for energy performance of buildings is to find the balance between implementation costs, operation costs, energy consumption, indoor climate quality, user's satisfaction and contribution to sustainable building. A recent trend concerns the integration of various network technologies with building-related services. The purpose of this integration is to provide services to the end-users and these services can be provided and activated inside or outside the building envelope. When implemented in bioclimatic buildings, passive solar heating and cooling techniques are generally applied to the control of active systems only. The main objective of control techniques is to elaborate an overall approach for the development of optimized control systems in order to improve the management of systems for heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting. These technologies contribute the development and adaptation of solar technologies to the requirements of urban buildings.
