How low should be the energy required by a nearly Zero-Energy Building? the load/generation energy balance of Mediterranean housing

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 161-171

  Oliveira Panão, Marta J N ^a   Rebelo, Miguel P ^a,b   Camelo, Susana M L ^a  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Building stock; Cost optimal; Housing; Load generation balance; Mediterranean; Nearly Zero Energy Building

Indexed keywords

BUILDING STOCKS; COST-OPTIMAL; COST-OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; PRIMARY ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; ZERO-ENERGY BUILDINGS;

CLIMATOLOGY; COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEATING; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

HOUSING;

EID: 84875144900     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.02.031     Document Type: Article

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