Energetic efficiency in residential buildings
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https://doi.org/10.18537/est.v004.n007.07Abstract
This investigation is a review on the state of art about worldwide energy consumption in residential buildings and analyzes policies, energy efficiency strategies and the most influential sustainable methods of evaluation as: Leed, Breeam, Verde, Casbee and Qualitel, that have emerged in order to mitigate the environmental impact and reduce energy consumption maintaining optimum comfort conditions. Based on the category “Energy” certification methods, it has been identified the variables that have the greatest impact on housing energy consumption, so that it can be assessed the energy performance in every aspect. Among the most important we have: thermal envelope, lighting, water heating, appliances, HVAC, renewable energy, and others.
Keywords: Energy efficiency, energy, energy certification, thermal comfort, sustainable housing.Downloads
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Standards help.
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An Italian case study. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 45, 100–112. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.01.048
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egypro.2013.07.002
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Iwaro, J., & Mwasha, A. (2010). A review of building energy regulation and policy for energy conservation in developing countries. Energy Policy, 38(12), 7744–7755. http://doi. org/10.1016/j.enpol.2010.08.027
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Koirala, B. S., Bohara, A. K., & Berrens, R. P. (2014). Estimating the net implicit price of energy efficient building codes on U.S. households. Energy Policy, 73, 667–675. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.06.022
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org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.06.019
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Mikucioniene, R., Martinaitis, V., & Keras, E. (2014). Evaluation of energy efficiency measures sustainability by decision tree method. Energy and Buildings, 76, 64–71. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.02.048
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Oecd/Iea. (2014). Energy Efficiency Indicators : Fundamentals on Statistics, 387. Retrieved from http://www.iea.org/ termsandconditionsuseandcopyright/
Olesen, B. W., & De Carli, M. (2011). Calculation of the yearly energy performance of heating systems based on the European Building Energy Directive and related CEN standards. Energy and Buildings, 43(5), 1040–1050. http://doi.org/10.1016/j. enbuild.2010.10.009
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energy and comfort management of smart sustainable buildings. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 34, 409–429. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.03.027
Skalko, S., Heiss, H. W., Beach, D. M., Humble, J., Bixby, D. C., Kennedy, S. D., … Lutz, J. D. (2006). 2006 S UPPLEMENT Energy-Efficient Design of Low-Rise Residential Buildings.
Suzer, O. (2015). A comparative review of environmental concern prioritization: LEED vs other major certification systems. Journal of Environmental Management, 154, 266–283. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.
jenvman.2015.02.029
Turiel, I., Chan, T., & McMahon, J. E. (1997). Theory and methodology of appliance standards. Energy and Buildings, 26(1),
35–44. http://doi.org/10.1016/S0378- 7788(96)01023-7
USBC. (2014). CASBEE (Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Efficiency). Japan GreenBuild Council. Retrieved from http://www.ibec.or.jp/CASBEE/english/
Waide, P., Lebot, B., & Hinnells, M. (1997). Appliance energy standards in Europe. Energy and Buildings, 26(1), 45–67. http://doi. org/10.1016/S0378-7788(96)01013-4
Zhou, L., Li, J., & Chiang, Y. H. (2013). Promoting energy efficient building in China through clean development mechanism. Energy Policy, 57, 338–346. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.02.001
Zhu, Y., Song, L., & Damiens, J. (2013). State of the art of green building standards and labelling system development in China. International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development, 4(3), 178–184. http://doi.org/10.1080/209376
1X.2013.837216
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Guillén Mena, V., Quesada Molina, F., López Catalán, M., Orellana Valdés, D., & Serrano, A. (2015). Energetic efficiency in residential buildings. Estoa. Journal of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, 4(7), 59–67. https://doi.org/10.18537/est.v004.n007.07
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