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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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Solar cooling between thermal and photovoltaic: An energy and economic comparative study in the Mediterranean conditions

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated different cooling systems and investigated the most promising alternatives when solar energy is to be used to supply the cooling demand in a summer cooling season by the energetic and economic point of view.
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PV (photovoltaics) performance evaluation and simulation-based energy yield prediction for tropical buildings

TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of different solar cell types is evaluated for the tropical weather of Singapore, where on-site measured data of PV systems implemented in a zero-energy building in Singapore, is analyzed.
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Warm season cooling requirements for passive buildings in Southeastern Europe (Romania)

TL;DR: In this paper, the first Romanian passive office building has been constructed by the AMVIC Company in Bragadiru, 10 km south of Bucharest, and a time-dependent model shows that cooling is necessary during April-September.
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Comprehensive Energy and Economic Analyses on a Zero Energy House Versus a Conventional House

TL;DR: In this article, a zero energy house (ZEH) was built side by side with a baseline house in suburban Las Vegas, and actual energy performance measurements were carried out on the incorporated energy saving features and solar applications.
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Climate change and energy policy: The importance of sustainability arguments

TL;DR: The UK government's commitment to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by 60% by 2050 was originally advocated by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, of which the author was a member as mentioned in this paper.
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