From net energy to zero energy buildings: Defining life cycle zero energy buildings (LC-ZEB)

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 815-821

  Hernandez, Patxi ^a   Kenny, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Building life cycle; Embodied energy; Life cycle energy analysis; Net energy; Net zero energy building; Zero energy building

Indexed keywords

BUILDING LIFE CYCLE; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY ANALYSIS; NET ENERGY; ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS;

BUILDINGS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 77950299775     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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