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Providing 100% of a buildings heating and hot water using a solar thermal system in a European climate has been shown to be both practically feasible and functionally successful for a new apartment building in Switzerland. The research conducted a life cycle assessment of the solar thermal system and compared the results with an air-source heat-pump, ground-source heat pump, natural gas furnace, oil furnace and a wood-pellet furnace. Using a range of lifetime scenarios it was found that the solar thermal system displays potentially significant advantages over all other systems in terms of red