This study presents the thermal analysis of a building prototype, which was designed and
built in accordance with energy efficiency measures to improve indoor thermal comfort …

Today, there is a great deal of emphasis on reducing energy use in buildings for both
economic and environmental reasons. Investors strongly encourage the insulating of …

Energy use in the building sector represents an important amount of the total energy
consumption. During the past decade there is an increasing attention in energy-efficient …

Cool materials are characterized by high solar reflectance and by high thermal emissivity,
the combination of these two radiative properties allows such construction materials to …

In Mediterranean climate, passive houses have to be designed to contrast overheating,
considering the dynamic behaviour of the opaque envelope, the effect of shading devices …

High thermal mass construction is commonly used to reduce cooling energy consumption
during the summer period as a passive design strategy in the Mediterranean region …

The first Romanian passive office building has been constructed by the AMVIC Company in
Bragadiru, 10 km south of Bucharest. The overheating rate and the cooling load are higher …

Residential and commercial buildings consume over a third of the world's total energy. The
residential sector accounts for most energy use in the Gaza Strip, necessitating the …

A review on climate parameters affecting applicability of passive and low energy heating
and cooling techniques is presented. The study has been developed from existing research …

Thermal comfort plays a major factor in building infrastructure sector. It has a big impact on
building interior temperature as well as on energy balance and environment. In the current …