Passive design strategies and performance of Net Energy Plus Houses

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-22

  Rodriguez Ubinas, Edwin ^a   Montero, Claudio ^a   Porteros, María ^a   Vega, Sergio ^a   Navarro, Iñaki ^a,b   Castillo Cagigal, Manuel ^a   Matallanas, Eduardo ^a   Gutiérrez, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Building envelope; Energy efficiency; Energy plus; Passive design; Solar Decathlon; ZEB; Zero energy

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT STORAGE; HOUSES; SOLAR BUILDINGS; ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS;

BUILDING ENVELOPES; ENERGY PLUS; PASSIVE DESIGN; SOLAR DECATHLON; ZERO ENERGIES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84908396564     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.03.074     Document Type: Article

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