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 …
S Dervishi, F Pashako, X Dushaj, IO Dervishi - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …
R Bruno, N Arcuri, C Carpino - Energy Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …
V Badescu, N Laaser, R Crutescu - Energy, 2010 - Elsevier
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 …