Facade design principles for nearly zero energy buildings in a cold climate

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 309-321

  Thalfeldt, Martin ^a   Pikas, Ergo ^a   Kurnitski, Jarek ^a   Voll, Hendrik ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cost optimality; Daylight; Energy simulations; Fa ade design; Fenestration; Nearly zero energy buildings; Windows

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL DESIGN; COST-OPTIMALITY; ENERGY SIMULATION; EXTERNAL WALL INSULATIONS; FENESTRATION; LOW-EMISSIVITY COATING; WINDOW-TO-WALL RATIO; ZERO ENERGY BUILDING (ZEB);

COSTS; DAYLIGHT SIMULATION; DAYLIGHTING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLAZES; INVESTMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; WINDOWS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 84884572348     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.08.027     Document Type: Article

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