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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"energy performance of buildings"”.
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An urban weather generator coupling a building simulation program with an urban canopy model
… adverse environmental and economic impacts. Some of the causes of the UHI effect are related to the interactions between buildings and the urban environment. This thesis presents a methodology intended to integrate building energy and urban climate studies for the first time. It is based on the …
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An Investigation into the Management of Energy Performance for Building Services Systems: Design to Operation
Non-domestic buildings account for 12% of UK greenhouse emissions (CIBSE, 2017). There is acceptance that the energy performance of buildings must improve. Presently building energy data is only available in terms of total annual fossil or electrical energy totals. These are blunt instruments for …
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The evolution of the relationship between energy consumption and the architecture of the highrise office building
With the growing awareness of the rapid disappearance of the global fuel resources, energy conservation became an issue of general concern. Prompted by the results of studies done in the 1970's--which show a marked increase of energy consumption per square foot of office space over the years, as …
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Energy certification of residential buildings in the Mediterranean climate
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directives (EPBDs) are political initiatives taken by the European Union to tackle the problems of climate change and security of energy supply. One of the key measures of these directives is the energy performance certification of housing, which has widespread …
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A Design Framework for Integrated Design and Control Strategies in Energy Efficient Buildings
… assists architects and designers in producing buildings with low energy consumption. The model is based on computer-designer interaction. Here, the designer suggests a range of design alternatives, and, in turn, the computer evaluation model generates a matrix of design solutions and performs …
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Incorporating Occupant Behaviour and Comfort in Domestic Energy Retrofit
While a large energy saving potential exists in domestic retrofit to meet the UK Government’s goal of carbon emissions reduction through the Climate Change Act 2008, the complexity of occupant behaviour and comfort needs often prevents the seemingly achievable retrofit targets from being reached. …
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Optimal pathway towards building EPC rating improvements align with building energy performance certificate programme
… investigates an optimal pathway for commercial buildings to improve their Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings by efficiently adopting Energy Efficiency Measures (EEMs). With buildings contributing approximately 40\% of global energy consumption and 36\% of carbon dioxide emissions, …
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Study and prediction of the energy interactions between buildings and the urban climate
… cities around the world. Conventional building energy programs use standard meteorological databases obtained from measurements at operational weather stations, which are usually located in open areas outside of the city, typically at the airport. Therefore, air temperature measurements may not …
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Towards the sustainable industrial development of Mars : comparing novel ISRU / ISM architectures using lifetime embodied energy
… studies. However, in recent years, the true cost of human space exploration architectures is progressively being decoupled from IMLEO, mainly as a result of reusable rockets, adoption of ISRU and ISM, and a new emphasis on developing permanent infrastructure on other worlds. This thesis …
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Active BIM with artifical intelligence for energy optimisation in buildings
… Information Modelling (BIM) can expedite the Energy Efficient Design (EED) process and provide the opportunity of testing and assessing different design alternatives and materials selection that may impact on energy performance of buildings. However, the lacks of; intelligent decision making …
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Development of an Integrated Process, Modeling and Simulation Platform for Performance-Based Design of Low-Energy and High IEQ Buildings
<p>The objective of this study was to develop a "Virtual Design Studio (VDS)": a software platform for integrated, coordinated and optimized design of green building systems with low energy consumption, high indoor environmental quality (IEQ), and high level of sustainability. The VDS is intended …
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A methodology for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of residential building stocks retrofits in Italy and Denmark
Buildings are at the centre of our social and economic activity. Not only do we spend most of our lives in buildings, we also spend most of our money on buildings. The built environment is not only the largest industrial sector in economic terms, it is also the largest in terms of resource flow1. …
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Assessment of energy and cost effectiveness in retrofitting existing buildings
The construction of buildings and their operation contribute to a large proportion of total energy end-use worldwide; indeed, buildings account for 40% of the total energy consumption and for 36% of CO2 emissions in the European Union. The sector is expanding, which is bound to increase its energy …
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Vliv provedení zateplení hasičské zbrojnice na výdaje spojené s jejím provozem
Diplomová práce řeší posouzení a návrh zateplení hasičské zbrojnice, na výdaje spojené s jeho provozem. Hasičská zbrojnice se nachází Hrubé Vrbce č. p. 133. Objekt je částečně podsklepený, má tři nadzemní podlaží a je založen na betonových základových pasech. Zastřešení je stanovou střechou. V …
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Bytové domy Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou
Tato bakalářská práce se zabývá vypracováním projektové dokumentace pro novostavbu bytového domu v Hrušovanech nad Jevišovkou, zpracované na úrovni dokumentace pro provádění stavby (DPS). Objekt je navržen jako samostatně stojící, čtyřpodlažní s plošným podsklepením. Konstrukční systém budovy …