Defining zero energy buildings - A life cycle perspective

PLEA 2008 - Towards Zero Energy Building: 25th PLEA International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hernandez, Patxi ^a   Kenny, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Life cycle; Zero energy

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE;

BUILDING DESIGN; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY SOURCE; ENERGY USE; HOUSE DESIGN; ON-SITE ENERGY; OPERATIONAL ENERGY; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; ZERO ENERGY; ZERO ENERGY BUILDING (ZEB);

BUILDINGS;

EID: 85067764980     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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