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Zero energy buildings and sustainable development implications ― A review

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In this paper, a review of the works related to these two strategies is presented and issues pertaining to sustainable development implications and further research work required are also highlighted, including life cycle cost and environmental impacts, climate change and social policy issues.
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This article is published in Energy.The article was published on 2013-06-01. It has received 446 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Zero-energy building & Efficient energy use.

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The role of smart grids in the building sector

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a contemporary look at the current state of the art in the potential of buildings and communities to be integrated in smart grids as well as to discuss the still-open research issues in this field.
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Low-density and structure-tunable microcellular PMMA foams with improved thermal-insulation and compressive mechanical properties

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the fabrication of poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) foams with widely tunable cellular structures by using CO2 as the blowing agent.
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Review of solar thermoelectric cooling technologies for use in zero energy buildings

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a technical route of solar thermoelectric cooling technologies for use in zero energy buildings, which can minimize the energy demands, increase energy effectiveness and reduce fossil energy consumption in buildings.
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Review of energy conservation technologies for fresh air supply in zero energy buildings

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive review on energy conservation technologies for fresh air supply, including theoretical, experimental and simulation works, is presented, where the advantages and disadvantages, economy and climate adaptability of different energy conservation techniques for air supply in buildings are analyzed and discussed.

Energy and environmental impact analysis of double-glazed windows

TL;DR: In this article, the embodied energy of the four main materials used in the construction of an inert gas filled, double-glazed window, of a given size, was quantified.
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World Energy Outlook

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Developing an adaptive model of thermal comfort and preference - eScholarship

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the semantics of thermal comfort in terms of thermal sensation, acceptability, and preference, as a function of both indoor and outdoor temperature, as predicted by the adaptive hypothesis.
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Developing an adaptive model of thermal comfort and preference

TL;DR: In this paper, the adaptive hypothesis predicts that contextual factors and past thermal history modify building occupants' thermal expectations and preferences, which is contrary to static assumptions underlying the current ASHRAE comfort standard 55-92.
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Current methods and advances in forecasting of wind power generation

TL;DR: A review of the current methods and advances in wind power forecasting and prediction can be found in this article, where numerical wind power prediction methods from global to local scales, ensemble forecasting, upscaling and downscaling processes are discussed.
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