This article presents key energy use figures and explores the energy saving potentials in
office buildings across Europe by simulating several currently available scenarios. The …

The building sector is one of the most relevant sectors in terms of generation of wealth and
occupation, but it is also one of the main contributor to energy use and greenhouse gas …

The present paper reports the findings of a monitoring campaign in 186 office buildings in
Greece. The specific energy consumption of the buildings for heating, cooling, and lighting …

With the increasing demand for more energy efficient buildings, the construction industry is
faced with the challenge to ensure that the energy performance predicted during the design …

Energy performance of non-residential buildings and in particular of office buildings used as
bank branches is very limited. This paper presents new data from 39 representative bank …

Climate change is considered an important global threat, with a significant impact on the
energy performance, since buildings will be subjected to higher average outdoor …

Energy demand in the built environment is an important issue. In Sweden, 39% of energy
use originates from the building sector, and this figure is increasing. Several attempts have …

The commercial building sector has become the focus of many governmental energy
reduction initiatives to achieve more sustainable development. Reducing building energy …

It is possible to evaluate the energy demand as well as the parameters related to indoor
thermal comfort through building energy simulation tools. Since energy demand for heating …

The objective of the work was to evaluate the impact of lighting energy savings on global
energy consumption in office buildings. This evaluation comes from an integrated approach …