Energy and environmental assessment of two high energy performance residential buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 276-284

  Thiers, Stéphane ^a   Peuportier, Bruno ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Heating system; Life cycle assessment; Positive energy building; Simulation; Zero energy building

Indexed keywords

BUILDING THERMAL SIMULATION; CONDENSING BOILERS; ELECTRIC HEAT; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENERGY POINT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEATING LOAD; HEATING SYSTEM; HIGH ENERGY; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MICRO COGENERATION; POSITIVE ENERGIES; PRIMARY ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SIMULATION; SOCIAL HOUSING; THERMAL COMFORT LEVEL; WOOD PELLET;

BUILDINGS; COGENERATION PLANTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LIFE CYCLE; PELLETIZING; RATING; WASTE TREATMENT;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEATING; HIGH ENERGY ENVIRONMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

FRANCE;

EID: 84055181335     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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