A zero energy concept building for the Mediterranean climate

Energy Procedia

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 280-288

  Causone, Francesco ^a   Carlucci, Salvatore ^b   Pagliano, Lorenzo ^a   Pietrobon, Marco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Energy monitoring; Energy simulation; Mediterranean climate; Passive building; Zero energy building

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923397389     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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