Lifecycle environmental and economic performance of nearly zero energy buildings (NZEB) in Ireland

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 116, Issue , 2016, Pages 622-637

  Goggins, Jamie ^a,b   Moran, Paul ^a   Armstrong, Alan ^a   Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) Research Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Embodied global warming potential; Energy performance; Life cycle cost; Life cycle global warming potential gas emissions; Life cycle energy; Nearly zero energy buildings; Renewable Energy

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SOLAR BUILDINGS;

EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE ENERGIES; LIFECYCLE COSTS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; ZERO ENERGY BUILDING (ZEB);

BUILDING CODES;

EID: 84958225873     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.01.016     Document Type: Article

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