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Towards Nearly Zero Energy Buildings in Europe: A Focus on Retrofit in Non-Residential Buildings

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Authors:
Delia D’Agostino,
Paolo Zangheri,
Luca Castellazzi

Buildings are the focus of European (EU) policies aimed at a sustainable and competitive low-carbon economy by 2020. Reducing energy consumption of existing buildings and achieving nearly zero energy buildings (NZEBs) are the core of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and the recast of the Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD). To comply with these requirements, Member States have to adopt actions to exploit energy savings from the building sector.

The Economic and Social Benefits of Low-Carbon Cities: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

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Authors:
Andy Gouldson, Andrew Sudmant, Haneen Khreis, Effie Papargyropoulou

Over half of the population of the world live in
urban areas. This means that efforts to meet human
development goals and sustain economic growth
must be concentrated in cities. However, the pursuit
of more prosperous, inclusive and sustainable urban
development is complicated by climate change, which
multiplies existing environmental risks, undermines the
effectiveness of existing infrastructure, and creates new
resource constraints.
In this paper, we conclusively demonstrate that there

Cost effectiveness assessment and beyond: A study on energy efficiency interventions in Greek residential building stock

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Authors:
Platon Pallis,
Nikolaos Gkonis,
Efstratios Varvagiannis,
Konstantinos Braimakis,
Sotirios Karellas,
Miltiadis Katsaros,
Panagiotis Vourliotis

Nearly zero energy buildings (NZEBs) constitute one of the main pillars of the energy policy of European Union (EU). Greece has recently established a clear definition for NZEB, however the interdependence between cost-optimality and the energy performance of NZEB has not been adequately studied. The present work includes a cost effectiveness analysis among different energy efficiency interventions for the existing residential Greek building stock.

A review of net zero energy buildings in hot and humid climates: Experience learned from 34 case study buildings

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Authors:
Wei Feng,
Qianning Zhang,
Hui Jia,
Ran Wang,
Nan Zhou,
Qing Ye,
Bin Hao,
Yutong Li,
Duo Luo,
Stephen Siu Yu Lau

Sustainable development in the building sector requires the integration of energy efficiency and renewable energy utilization in buildings. In recent years, the concept of net zero energy buildings (NZEBs) has become a potential plausible solution to improve efficiency and reduce energy consumption in buildings. To achieve an NZEB goal, building systems and design strategies must be integrated and optimized based on local climatic conditions. This paper provides a comprehensive review of NZEBs and their current development in hot and humid regions.

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