Assessment of the progress towards the establishment of definitions of Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEBs) in European Member States

Journal of Building Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-32

  D'Agostino, Delia ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Energy efficiency; Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD) recast; Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEBs); Renewables

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE; CURRENT SITUATION; ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF BUILDING DIRECTIVES; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; MINIMIZE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; RENEWABLES; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; ZERO ENERGY BUILDING (ZEB); (EPBD) RECAST;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84929147573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23527102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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