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Energy Performance of Buildings Energy Efficiency and Built Environment in Temperate Climates /

Examines the characteristics, challenges and energy potential of buildings in temperate climates Provides sorely needed benchmarks for relative energy performance levels of buildings, as judged against current regulations, best case scenarios and emerging trends Explains design techniques and techno...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Boemi, Sofia-Natalia (Editor ), Irulegi, Olatz (Editor ), Santamouris, Mattheos (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Climatic change in the built environment in temperate climates
  • The role of buildings in the energy systems
  • Challenges and priorities for a sustainable built environment in Southern Europe - The impact of energy efficiency measures and renewable energies on employment
  • Indicators for buildings performance assessment
  • Life Cycle vs Carbon Footprint Analysis for construction materials
  • Economic experiments used for the evaluation of buildings users behavior
  • Technologies and socio-economic strategies to nZEB in the building stock of the Mediterranean area
  • Households: Trends and perspectives
  • Office buildings - Commercial buildings: Trends and perspectives
  • Hotel industry: Current situation and its steps beyond sustainability
  • Schools: Trends and perspectives
  • New Challenges at covering buildings thermal loads
  • Micro-CHP
  • Thermal Energy Storage
  • Solar Thermal
  • Solar Energy (PV) for Building Supply
  • Thermal Insulation
  • Cool materials
  • Shading & Daylight Systems
  • Electric lighting
  • Tools and strategies for microclimatic analysis of the built environment
  • On microclimatic improvement and its influence on architectural design
  • Modelling and bioclimatic interventions in outdoor places.