抄録
The thermal environment and energy consumption of 13 residential buildings (including 9 detached houses and 4 apartments), which are situated in the northern region in Japan, have been investigated since the fall of 2002. Result of this survey, In a detached houses, the largest energy consumption is 121. 6GJ/a, the least is 38.6GJ/a, and the average is 60.0GJ/a. In contrary, these values for the apartment case are 62.2GJ/a, 34.9GJ/a. and 49.73GJ/a. In compared with the average value, the consumption of detached houses is 19. 3GJ/a more than that of the apartment. In other words, the consumption in the detached houses is about 1.4 times more of the apartment.
