[HTML][HTML] Plus energy building: Operational definition and assessment

AAW Hawila, R Pernetti, C Pozza, A Belleri - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Considering the amount of existing buildings, decarbonizing the building stock requires new
buildings designed to reach the highest performance. The nearly-Zero Energy Buildings …

Comprehensive renovation of a multi-apartment building in Sweden: techno-economic analysis with respect to different economic scenarios

Y Boussaa, A Dodoo, T Nguyen… - Building Research & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A wider deployment of nearly zero energy buildings (NZEBs) is expected to
contribute to the transition to a decarbonized and energy-efficient building sector in Europe …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient energy storage in residential buildings integrated with RESHeat system

MA Yildirim, F Bartyzel, A Vallati, MK Woźniak, P Ocłoń - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Renewable Energy System for Residential Building Heating and Electricity
Production (RESHeat) system has been realized for heating and cooling residential …

Measured performance of energy efficiency measures for zero-energy retrofitting in residential buildings

Z Wang, H Shen, G Deng, X Liu, D Wang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Retrofitting existing buildings to Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs) can significantly
reduce their energy consumption and environmental impact. However, practitioners and …

Rethinking abandoned buildings as positive energy buildings in a former industrial site in Italy

M Sibilla, D Touibi, FH Abanda - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The transition from nearly zero-emission building (NZEB) to positive energy building (PEB)
models is a new trend, justified by the need to increase the efforts to address the climate …

Analysis and comparison of thermal comfort indicators based on a long-term campaign in low energy residences

MJR López, B Moujalled, G Guyot, B Golly… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a large number of thermal comfort indicators in the literature. However, their
description is generally ambiguous since there is no single and clear way to calculate them …

Adopting smart retrofits: a decision-making model and benchmarking criteria

TD Jayarathne, N De Silva… - Built Environment Project …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Energy consumption in existing office buildings has been growing in parallel with
the rise in occupant energy demand. As a result, many building owners have given smart …

A Methodology to identify appropriate refurbishment strategies towards zero energy buildings in a hot and humid climate

MC Austin, C Carpino, D Mora… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Significant actions on the building stock are required to reduce energy consumption and
emissions from buildings and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Consistently, the …

Mitigating Energy Consumption of Educational Buildings Using a Novel Simulation Method (Case Study: Faculty of Oil and Petrochemical Engineering, Razi University …

S Fathi, A Mahravan - Journal of Renewable Energy and Environment, 2023 - jree.ir
In many middle-and high-income countries, existing buildings will occupy the majority of
building areas by 2050 and measures are needed to upgrade the mentioned buildings for a …

Retrofitting buildings towards the realisation of the sustainable development goals

N Geh, F Emuze, E Mapfumo - The Elgar Companion to the Built …, 2024 - elgaronline.com
With the intent to transform the world and build the future we want, the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) with their 169 associated targets were adopted by government …