Net zero-energy buildings in Germany: Design, model calibration and lessons learned from a case-study in Berlin

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 133, Issue , 2016, Pages 688-710

  Ascione, Fabrizio ^a   Bianco, Nicola ^a   Böttcher, Olaf ^b   Kaltenbrunner, Robert ^b   Vanoli, Giuseppe Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building monitoring; Calibrated energy model; Commissioning; Energy efficiency measures; Net zero energy buildings; Public buildings

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOORS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

COMMISSIONING; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; ENERGY MODEL; NET-ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84992603230     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.10.019     Document Type: Article

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