Preliminary Energy Audit of the Historical Building of the School of Engineering and Architecture of Bologna [PDF]
Energy efficiency has become a common target for every building: the European Directive 2010/31 provides that by 2020 every new building must consume very little fossil energy (Nearly Zero Energy Building) and from 2018 also public buildings will have to
Marinosci, Cosimo +3 more
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Influence of Building Air Tightness on Energy Consumption of Ventilation System in Nearly Zero Energy Residential Buildings [PDF]
Building air tightness increased quickly in recent years as nearly zero energy buildings concept gradually drawn more attentions from the industry. Ventilation system plays an important role for the indoor air quality control in residential buildings ...
Liu Wei +5 more
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What kind of heat loss requirements NZEB and deep renovation sets for building envelope? [PDF]
In most of countries the energy performance of buildings is defined as (primary) energy use of whole buildingâ s (heating, cooling, ventilation, DHW, lighting, HVAC auxiliary, appliances), not as specific requirements for building envelope.
Almeida, Manuela Guedes de +9 more
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A high performance home in the Mediterranean climate: From the design principle to actual measurements [PDF]
Experience developed in the northern European countries led, in the last decades, to standard and shared procedures for the design and construction of passive houses and similar high performance buildings.
Causone, Francesco +3 more
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In this study, the energy performance analysis of a representative residential building located in Izmir, Turkey, was carried out, utilizing the DesignBuilder energy simulation program.
Azra Senturk, Mustafa Ozcan
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As societies are shifting toward carbon neutral environments, they are beginning to account for their carbon emissions. One of the primary contributors of greenhouse gas emissions and global warming is the building industry; therefore, Life Cycle ...
Samir Idrissi Kaitouni +6 more
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The Control of Pupil Conduct by the School [PDF]
The rapid exhaustion of the finite reserves of fossil-fuels adds to the woes on all walks of the society, and especially on the policy-makers, scientists and engineers to devise means to mitigate the consequences.
Sumption, M. R.
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A New Affordable Masonry System Based on Unfired Clay Sandwich Panel [PDF]
Nowadays, construction is one of the main sectors that produces waste and consume more materials and energy, so there is a growing need for alternative construction technologies that allow us to modify this situation.
Galán-Marín, Carmen +2 more
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Requalification Pilot projects of Nearly Zero Energy Building for “smart” district and cities
The authors present the first results of the European project R2CITIES winner of the call “Smart Cities and Communities, 2011”. The main objective of R2CITIES is to develop a replicable strategy for the design, construction and management of entire ...
Enrico Dassori, Renata Morbiducci
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Approaching a Nearly Zero Energy Building Integrated with PCM by Optimization of Energy Sources
In recent years, population growth, the enhancement of carbon emissions generation, and higher energy consumption have caused the movement to nearly zero-energy buildings.
Ali Sulaiman Alsagri
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