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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Low energy housing"”.
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Reconstructing low-energy housing using ‘systems of practice’.
The residential sector accounts for a third of energy use in the UK (DECC, 2014b) and generates fifteen percent of greenhouse gas emissions (DECC, 2014c). Lowenergy housing is therefore critical to meeting climate change mitigation targets (DECC, 2011). New homes are required to be carbon-neutral …
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An Investigation of Climatically Responsive Ultra-Low Energy Housing in Rural Scotland: a Case Study
… trend over the last 40 years towards mass market housing development which employs standardised housing models and suburban planning layouts. These have little relationship to rural landscape characteristics, regional climatic variations or historic rural communities. While they comply with …
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Energy optimisation in residential apartments through the passive design strategies by evaluating the local construction materials and designs in semi-arid climate condition of Tehran
Low energy building design methods, and the corresponding environmental constraints, are widely explored in many developed countries. Tehran characterized by its semi-arid climates and geographical location in a global region is renowned for its high energy consumption and carbon emission rates. …
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Evaluating the real energy and environmental performance of an eco-housing development in England
… of in-use performance of a large case study eco-housing development in England (157 dwellings), capturing household behaviours (energy, transportation, waste and food) and dwelling use (energy, carbon, water, indoor conditions). The study findings were based on a rich dataset, comprised of one …
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Thermal Comfort and Building Design Strategies for Low Energy Houses in Libya: Lessons from the vernacular architecture
… comfort requirements. The reduction of the energy demand for heating and cooling is the key factor in the low energy houses and minimizing environmental damage caused by the emissions of carbon dioxide. In this thesis the traditional vernacular houses in Libya have been used as a vehicle of …
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What feasible macro-scale interventions could stimulate a sustainable growth in the UK housing retrofit industry? - An examination of the potential impact from supply-chain innovations on low energy retrofit of pre-1919 housing
… new retrofit practices to be applied to domestic housing in the UK is of crucial importance to any consideration of what could impact on energy reduction and domestic housing costs within the wider UK housing market.<br/><br/>The thesis reviews attempts made to stimulate the retrofit market and …