Low-energy residential buildings in New Borg El Arab: Simulation and survey based energy assessment

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-82

  Reda, Francesco ^a   Tuominen, Pekka ^a   Hedman, Åsa ^a   Ibrahim, Mona Gamal Eldin ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b EGYPT JAPAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dynamic energy simulation; Energy efficient building; Net zero energy building; Photovoltaic; Solar thermal system

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOUSING; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; INVESTMENTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

DYNAMIC ENERGY; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING; NET-ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84925625563     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.02.021     Document Type: Article

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