Zero-energy building by Chris Goodier

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EUI benchmarks for net-zero energy buildings in India by Gaurav Vakil, Sreejith Jayaram, Jaydeep Bhadra, Yashima Jain, Prasad Vaidya, Vismaya Paralkar, Matthew Dahlhausen

Subjects: “…Net-zero-energy buildings…”
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Hybrid ventilation for low energy building design in south China by Yingchun Ji, Kevin Lomas, Malcolm Cook

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Multi-stakeholder decision-making in low-energy building design optimization by Elaine Robinson

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Applying desirability functions to preference modelling in low-energy building design optimization by Elaine Robinson, Christina J. Hopfe, M. Emmerich, I. Yevseyeva, Jonathan A. Wright

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Optimal structure of a Smart DC micro-grid for a cluster of zero net energy buildings by Francisco Gonzalez-Longatt, Bharat Singh Rajpurohit, Sri Niwas Singh

“…A smart multi-Terminal DC micro-grids interconnecting several autonomous zero-net energy buildings (ZNEBs) allow the transition to a decarbonized economy, however, involves several challenges. …”
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Smart multi-terminal DC μ-grids for autonomous zero-net energy buildings: implicit concepts by Francisco Gonzalez-Longatt, Bharat Singh Rajpurohit, Sri Niwas Singh

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Low energy architecture for a severe US climate: design and evaluation of a hybrid ventilation strategy by Kevin Lomas, Malcolm Cook, Dusan Fiala

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Architectural design of an advanced naturally ventilated building form by Kevin Lomas

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A technical review of modeling techniques for urban solar mobility: Solar to buildings, vehicles, and storage (S2BVS) by Pei Huang, Xingxing Zhang, Benedetta Copertaro, Puneet Kumar Saini, Da Yan, Yi Wu, Xiangjie Chen

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A critical software review - how is hot water modelled in current building simulation ? by Dashamir Marini, Richard Buswell, Christina Hopfe

“…In a changing climate and with ever increasing energy standards that lead to low and zero energy buildings, the provision of hot water in buildings will become more significant in relation to the overall energy consumption. …”
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Investigating the potential impact of stakeholder preferences in Passivhaus design by Elaine Robinson, Christina Hopfe, Jonathan Wright

“…Low-energy buildings have a major role to play in achieving carbon emission reduction targets. …”
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Simulation assisted design exploration to evaluate view and energy performance of window shading by Peiman Pilechiha, Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad, Arash Beizaee

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Stakeholder decision making in Passivhaus design by Elaine Robinson, Christina Hopfe, Jonathan Wright

“…Those aspiring to construct low-energy buildings, and Passivhaus in particular, are subject to numerous constraints, relating to building performance, site restrictions and planning policy (amongst others) and seemingly innocuous small changes to the design can divert decision- makers from their aims. …”
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Monitoring Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in buildings with distributed sensing by Joshua Vasudevan, Daniel Coakley, Charalampos Angelopoulos, Parag Rastogi, Olivia Nile Sobek, Graeme Jephson, Mahroo Eftekhari, Vanda Dimitriou

“…The UK’s target of net-zero energy buildings by 2050 brings in the need to optimize existing buildings for energy efficiency and to provide better indoor environmental quality (IEQ). …”
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Early and detailed design stage modelling using Passivhaus design; what is the difference in predicted building performance? by Elli Nikolaidou, Jonathan Wright, Christina Hopfe

“…However, despite the fact that those programs can make a significant contribution to the design of low energy buildings during the early design stage, the lack of detailed design information at that phase results in uncertainty in the modelled performance of the building. …”
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The role of fabric performance in the seasonal overheating of dwellings by Kostas Mourkos, Eirini Mantesi, Christina Hopfe, Malcolm Cook, Jacqui Glass, Chris Goodier

“…Airtightness and thermal conductance of the fabric play a key role in constructing low energy buildings. These two factors might minimise the building’s heating demand in winter but contribute to its overheating in summer. …”
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Energy, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality: Multi-objective optimization review by Thara Al Mindeel, Eftychia Spentzou, Mahroo Eftekhari

“…Consequently, studies seeking multi-faceted optimality in the design and/or operation of low-energy buildings have exponentially increased over the past few years. …”
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Optimal predictive control of thermal storage in hollow core ventilated slab systems by Mei J. Ren

“…The energy crisis together with greater environmental awareness, has increased interest in the construction of low energy buildings. Fabric thermal storage systems provide a promising approach for reducing building energy use and cost, and consequently, the emission of environmental pollutants. …”
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Unscrewing the climate change lightbulb with 5,000 net-zero-energy professionals by Jaydeep Bhadra, Yashima Jain, Janani Venkatesh, Prasad Vaidya

“…Solutions for net-zero energy buildings (NZEB) that are resilient need to be implemented at a large scale, going beyond the energy codes that still have to take root in India. …”
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Appraisal of community energy schemes at the early design stage by Konstantinos Chasapis

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Balancing daylight and overheating in low-energy design using CIBSE improved weather files by Eleonora Brembilla, Christina Hopfe, John Mardaljevic, Anastasia Mylona, Eirini Mantesi

“…These are essential for most BPS applications, particularly for daylighting studies and low energy building design, which requires detailed irradiation data for passive solar design and overheating risk analysis. …”
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sap2012 - Python package by Steven Firth, Ben Halls

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Achieving a better understanding of air infiltration when assessing overheating in multi-residential dwellings by Michael Swainson, Christina Hopfe, Rob McLeod, Konstantinos Mourkos, Chris Goodier

“…Implementation of these findings is considered crucial for the further development of TM59 where reliable results are central to informing robust designs and preventing unnecessary overheating risks in future low energy building design.…”
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Code to label; lessons learned and the case for India by Tarun Garg, Jaydeep Bhadra

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Predicting the solar energy and space-heating energy performance for solid-wall detached house retrofitted with the composite edge-sealed triple vacuum glazing by Saim Memon, Philip Eames

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Energy conservation and building design: the environmental push and pull factors by Oluwakemi Adeyeye, Mohamed Osmani, Claire Brown

“…Originality/value – The study of energy conservation and building design provides insights into current environmental design practices; and identifies problems for the implementation of effective and integrated low energy building design process. The content should be of interest to architects, as it highlights the current level of implementation of energy conservation measures in building design.…”
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Advanced control strategies for optimal operation of a combined solar and heat pump system by Muhammad Waseem Ahmad

“…The energy consumption can be lowered by using renewable energy systems, which will also help the UK government to meet its targets towards reduction in carbon emissions and generation of clean energy. Building control has gained considerable interest from researchers and much improved ways of control strategies for heating and hot water systems have been investigated. …”
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