Zero Energy Building - A review of definitions and calculation methodologies

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 971-979

  Marszal, A J ^a   Heiselberg, P ^a   Bourrelle, J S ^b   Musall, E ^c   Voss, K ^c   Sartori, I ^d   Napolitano, A ^e  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^d SINTEF   (Norway)

^e INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy calculation methodologies; Net Zero Energy Building; ZEB definition; Zero Emission Building; Zero Energy Building

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CALCULATION; ZEB DEFINITION; ZERO EMISSION BUILDING; ZERO ENERGY BUILDING; ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS;

BUILDING CODES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 79951517816     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.12.022     Document Type: Article

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