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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.About:
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.read more
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Thermal comfort and building energy consumption implications - A review
TL;DR: In this article, the authors review thermal comfort research work and discuss the implications for building energy efficiency, and propose to increase the summer set point temperature in order to save energy in buildings.
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Green building research–current status and future agenda: A review
Jian Zuo,Zhen-Yu Zhao +1 more
TL;DR: A critical review of the existing body of knowledge of researches related to green building is presented in this article, where the common research themes and methodology were identified, such as the definition and scope of green building, quantification of benefits of green buildings compared to conventional buildings, and various approaches to achieve green buildings.
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Energy consumption and efficiency in buildings: current status and future trends
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of measures and policies adopted by different countries, allowing the monitoring, management and reduction of the energy consumption in buildings, based on the feedback of the early adopters.
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City-integrated renewable energy for urban sustainability
TL;DR: This work explores options for establishing sustainable energy systems by reducing energy consumption, particularly in the buildings and transportation sectors, and providing robust, decentralized, and renewable energy sources.
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Experimental investigation of the effects of silica/water nanofluid on PV/T (photovoltaic thermal units)
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of using nanofluid as a coolant on the thermal and electrical efficiencies of a PV/T (photovoltaic thermal unit) are experimentally studied.
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Green occupants for green buildings: The missing link?
Max Deuble,Richard de Dear +1 more
TL;DR: This paper found that occupants with higher levels of environmental concern were more forgiving of their building, particularly those featuring aspects of green design, such as natural ventilation through operable windows, despite their criticisms of the building's indoor environmental quality.
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Impact of climate change on building energy use in different climate zones and mitigation and adaptation implications
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of climate change on energy use in office buildings in a city within each of the five major architectural climates across China (Harbin (severe cold), Beijing (cold), Shanghai (hot summer and cold winter), Kunming (mild) and Hong Kong (hot and warm winter) was investigated for two emissions scenarios.
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The energy situation and its sustainable development strategy in China
Na Zhang,Noam Lior,Hongguang Jin +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized China's energy situation and sustainable development strategy as they were by 2009 and reported that the energy consumption in 2009 is reported to be 3.1 billion tons standard coal equivalent, 1/7 of the world total, 6.3% higher than in the year 2008, and its share of world CO(2) emissions increased rapidly to 20.3%.
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Effectiveness of mass and night ventilation in lowering the indoor daytime temperatures. Part I: 1993 experimental periods
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of mass in lowering the indoor temperatures in closed and in night ventilated buildings was evaluated, and the results of the 1994 experiments will be reported in Part II.
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Large-scale integration of wind power into the existing Chinese energy system
TL;DR: In this article, a model of the Chinese energy system has been constructed by using EnergyPLAN based on the year 2007, which has then been used for investigating three issues: the accuracy of the model itself, the maximum feasible wind power penetration in the existing energy system, and the barriers have been discussed and suggestions proposed for the Chinese system to integrate large-scale renewable energy in the future.
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