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Sizing Combined Heat and Power Units and Domestic Building Energy Cost Optimisation

open access: yesEnergies, 2017
Many combined heat and power (CHP) units have been installed in domestic buildings to increase energy efficiency and reduce energy costs. However, inappropriate sizing of a CHP may actually increase energy costs and reduce energy efficiency.
Dongmin Yu   +5 more
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Comparison of Real and Forecasted Domestic Hot Water Consumption and Demand for Heat Power in Multifamily Buildings, in Poland

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
Determining the demand for heat power for domestic hot water preparation is necessary to perform a building energy assessment. For this, we need to predict domestic hot water consumption.
Wojciech Rzeźnik   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantifying the domestic building fabric ‘performance gap’ [PDF]

open access: yesBuilding Services Engineering Research and Technology, 2015
In the UK, there is mounting evidence that the measured in situ performance of the building fabric in new build dwellings can be greater than that predicted, resulting in a significant building fabric ‘performance gap’. This paper presents the coheating test results from 25 new build dwellings built to Part L1A 2006 or better ...
Johnston, D   +2 more
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Seeking the Pressure Points: Catalysing Low Carbon Changes from the Middle-Out in Offices and Schools

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
Non-domestic buildings are frequently characterised as resistant to top-down low-carbon and energy-efficiency policy. Complex relationships amongst building stakeholders are often blamed.
Catherine Willan   +2 more
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New Neolithic cult centres and domestic settlements in the light of Urfa Region Surveys

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2015
The present study concerns Neolithic period cult centres and settlements discovered recently during surface surveys in the central district of Urfa (Sanlıurfa) region in south-eastern Turkey.
Bahattin Celik
doaj   +1 more source

Energy flexibility potential of domestic hot water systems in apartment buildings [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Domestic Hot Water (DHW) storage tanks are identified as a main source of flexible energy use in buildings. As a basis for energy management in apartment buildings, this paper describes the aggregated DHW use in a case building, and analyses the ...
Sørensen Åse Lekang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gas explosion in domestic buildings. The vented gas explosion[sub][/sub] [PDF]

open access: yesBiuletyn Wojskowej Akademii Technicznej, 2014
In this paper, the basic information, related to the so-called vented gas explosion, has been presented. The vented explosion it is an explosion, during which the destruction of the weakest elements of the structure occurs.
Tadeusz Chyży
doaj   +1 more source

Domestic structures and constitution-building in an international organization: Introduction [PDF]

open access: yesThe Review of International Organizations, 2007
1 IntroductionInternational organizations shape an increasingly large share of interactions betweenactors on the world scene and have become more important for the daily life ofpeople. While scholars observe that these organizations evolve and change incomparable ways (Koremenos et al.
Hug, Simon, König, Thomas
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Quantifying the Measurement Error on England and Wales EPC Ratings

open access: yesEnergies, 2019
Domestic Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are used in the UK to provide energy efficiency ratings for use in policy and investment decisions on individual dwellings and at a stock level.
Jenny Crawley   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Photovoltaic–thermal advanced technology for real applications: Review and case study

open access: yesEnergy Reports, 2023
This study analyzes research trends on photovoltaic–thermal (PVT) systems used in buildings. The applications of PVT systems are also classified into system design, material and fluid types, and operating methods. Although many studies proposed new types
Jinhwan Oh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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