Energy Performance of Buildings Energy Efficiency and Built Environment in Temperate Climates / edited by Sofia-Natalia Boemi, Olatz Irulegi, Mattheos Santamouris.

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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Boemi, Sofia-Natalia (Editor), Irulegi, Olatz (Editor), Santamouris, Mattheos (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:	1st ed. 2016.
Series:	Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:	Renewable energy resources. Structural materials. Buildings—Design and construction. Building. Construction. Engineering, Architectural. Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:	Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:	Loaded electronically. Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.

Table of Contents:

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.

Energy Performance of Buildings Energy Efficiency and Built Environment in Temperate Climates / edited by Sofia-Natalia Boemi, Olatz Irulegi, Mattheos Santamouris.

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