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Zero energy balance and zero on-site CO2 emission housing development in the Mediterranean climate
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In this article, a final design proposal for a new housing development in the peri-urban context of Tricase, a town located in the south of Italy, is presented and used for energy investigation.About:
This article is published in Energy and Buildings.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 54 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Thermal mass & Wind power.read more
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The city and urban heat islands: A review of strategies to mitigate adverse effects
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a review of recent research on the urban heat island as well as of the strategies that can be applied to mitigate its adverse effects, such as green spaces, trees, albedo, pavement surfaces, vegetation, building types and materials.
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A review of performance of zero energy buildings and energy efficiency solutions
Lorenzo Belussi,Benedetta Barozzi,Alice Bellazzi,Ludovico Danza,Anna Devitofrancesco,Carlo Fanciulli,Matteo Ghellere,Giulia Guazzi,Italo Meroni,Francesco Salamone,Fabio Scamoni,Chiara Scrosati +11 more
TL;DR: This paper summarizes the actual state-of-art of whole performance of ZEBs and the related technical solutions, analysing their increasing potential in energy consumption and outlining the critical elements in making the zero-energy target the new standard for the buildings.
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A methodology for economic efficient design of Net Zero Energy Buildings
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a methodology and an associated calculation platform in order to identify the economic efficient design solutions for residential Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) design considering the influence of the local climate, the endogenous energy resources and the local economic conditions.
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Net-zero buildings: incorporating embodied impacts
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an analysis on the consequences of integrating embodied environmental impacts into the assessment of the environmental advantageousness of net-zero concepts, based on the evaluation of primary energy use and related greenhouse gas emissions.
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Earth-to-air heat exchanger for NZEB in Mediterranean climate
TL;DR: In this article, a case study concerning a multipurpose building located in Palermo (Southern Italy), and evaluates the benefits related to the use of an earth-to-air heat exchanger in a NZEB, in terms of energy saving and reduction of CO2-equivalent emissions, for a Mediterranean climate.
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Turbulence in fluids
TL;DR: In this article, the transition from transition to Turbulence in fluid mechanics is described as follows: "Basic Fluid Dynamics, Transition to Turbence, Shear Flow Turbulence, Fourier Analysis of Homogeneous Turburbence, Isotropic Turbulences: Phenomenology and Simulations".
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On the impact of urban climate on the energy consumption of buildings
M. Santamouris,N. Papanikolaou,I. Livada,I. Koronakis,C. Georgakis,Athanassios A. Argiriou,D.N. Assimakopoulos +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the impact of urban climate on the energy consumption of buildings and find that for the city of Athens, where the mean heat island intensity exceeds 10°C, the cooling load of urban buildings may be doubled, the peak electricity load for cooling purposes may be tripled especially for higher set point temperatures, while the minimum COP value of air conditioners may be decreased up to 25% because of the higher ambient temperatures.
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From net energy to zero energy buildings: Defining life cycle zero energy buildings (LC-ZEB)
Patxi Hernandez,Paul Kenny +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the concept of net energy is introduced and applied within the built environment, based on a methodology accounting for the embodied energy of building components together with energy use in operation, and a definition of life cycle zero energy buildings (LC-ZEB) is proposed, as well as the use of the net energy ratio as a factor to aid in building design with a life cycle perspective.
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Peak power and cooling energy savings of shade trees
TL;DR: In this article, the authors monitored peak power and cooling energy savings from shade trees in two houses in Sacramento, CA in the summer of 1992 and found that the trees yielded seasonal cooling energy saving of 30%, corresponding to an average daily savings of 3.6 and 4.8 kWh/d.
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Heat Island Research in Europe: The State of the Art
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized recent research on urban heat islands carried out in Europe and presented new deterministic and data-driven models developed to estimate the amplitude of heat islands, as well as the impact of green spaces and the development and testing of white and coloured cool materials.
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