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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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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

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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Building energy efficiency in different climates

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the thermal and energy performance of office buildings with centralised heating, ventilation and air conditioning plants in the major climatic zones in China using DOE-2.1E.
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Energy and emissions forecast of China over a long-time horizon

TL;DR: In this paper, a two-stage approach is proposed to address the gap on sectoral energy demands and emissions on long-term by following a twostage approach, which develops key energy indicators on useful energy demand, transport mobility and end use fuel demand for various sectors.
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Zero energy buildings and mismatch compensation factors

TL;DR: Based on historical data for the electricity supply area in western Denmark, a first attempt to quantify mismatch compensation factors is made and results indicate that such compensation factors are a little below one for buildings with photovoltaics (PV) and a little above one for building with wind turbines.
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The impact of climate change uncertainties on the performance of energy efficiency measures applied to dwellings

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the potential impact of climate change uncertainties on the performance of insulation measures, applied retrospectively to an existing residential dwelling, suggest their effect could be considerable.
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Development of an energy-saving module via combination of solar cells and thermoelectric coolers for green building applications

TL;DR: In this article, a solar-driven thermoelectric cooling module with a waste heat regeneration unit designed for green building applications is investigated in a model house, where experiments are conducted to investigate the cooling efficiency of the module.
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