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Evaluation of building energy use: from the urban to the building scale

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Jérôme Henri Kämpf, Dasaraden Mauree, Alain Clappier

A 1-D canopy interface model (CIM) has been developed recently and integrated in the meso-scale meteorological WRF v3.5 model in order to improve the surface representation. One of the objectives of such a model is to prepare for the coupling of micro-scal ...

2015

Energy Efficiency Standards of Single-Family Houses: Factors in Homeowners’ Decision-Making in Two Austrian Regions

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Ralph Hansmann

The energy efficiency of residential buildings is a central issue in the widely discussed energy transition. This study investigates which factors influence homeowners´ decisions regarding the energy efficiency standard of their houses. Homeowners who buil ...

2015

Evaluation and optimization of renewable energy in the Quartier Nord

Yuchen Yang, Yao Yang

The energy demand increases worldwide and due to the fact that fossil fuel is still dominating the energy mix, the corresponding CO2 emission becomes a more serious problem that threatens the global environment. The building sector is the largest energy co ...

2015

Evaluation and optimization of renewable energy in the Quartier Nord: objective zero-power

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Jérôme Henri Kämpf, Dasaraden Mauree, Yang Yao

Buildings account for almost 40% of energy consumption in European countries and hence are responsible for a significant part of greenhouse gas emissions. Recent regulations and standards (Minergie, Minergie P, etc.) are strongly encouraging more sustainab ...

LESO-PB, EPFL2015

Passive design strategies and performance of Net Energy Plus Houses

Inaki Navarro Oiza

The first step in order to comply with the European Union goals of Near to Zero Energy Buildings is to reduce the energy consumption in buildings. Most of the building consumption is related to the use of active systems to maintain the interior comfort. Pa ...

Elsevier Science Sa2014

Thermal performance evaluation of fiber-reinforced polymer thermal breaks for balcony connections

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Julia De Castro San Roman Fest, Kyriaki Goulouti

The potential effects of high-performance fiber-reinforced polymer thermal breaks for balcony connections on the thermal losses and heating needs of a typical residential building in Switzerland were investigated. In an optimized form, these new thermal br ...

Elsevier2014

First assessment on the principles for building a mediterranean Active House

Arianna Brambilla

Innovation of the energy saving and optimization of the renewable sources are the most important sides of the building sector in the last years. Considering that buildings consume more than 40% of all the energy we use and about 50% of it is used for the c ...

2014

A Quality-Scalable and Energy-Efficient Approach for Spectral Analysis of Heart Rate Variability

David Atienza Alonso, Andreas Peter Burg, Georgios Karakonstantis, Mohamed Mostafa Sabry Aly, Aviinaash Sankaranarayanan

Today there is a growing interest in the integration of health monitoring applications in portable devices necessitating the development of methods that improve the energy efficiency of such systems. In this paper, we present a systematic approach that ena ...

IEEE2014

Computational Optimisation for Zero Energy Buildings Design Interviews results with twenty eight International expert

Shady Galal Mohamed Attia

This paper summarizes a study that was undertaken to reveal potential challenges and opportunities for integrating optimisation tools in Net/Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) Design. The paper reviews current trends in simulation-based Building Performan ...

2013

Achieving Informed Decision Making Using Building Performance Simulation

Shady Galal Mohamed Attia

Building performance simulation (BPS) is the basis for informed decision-making of Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs) design. This paper aims to investigate the use of building performance simulation tools as a method of informing the design decision of NZE ...

2013

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