With the sharp increase in global energy demand, industrial and residential buildings are responsible for around 40% of consumed with most this portion being generated by non-renewable sources, which significantly contribute to warming environmental hazards. The net-zero building (NZEB) concept attempts solve issue, whereby a will produce, on-site, its required demand throughout year from renew...

Buildings contribute to greenhouse gas emissions that cause environmental impacts on climate change. Net Zero Energy (NZ) buildings would reduce gases. The current definition of NZ lacks consensus and has created uncertainties, which delays in the adoption NZ. This paper proposes a Process for Clarification Accelerate (PC-A-NZ) through three integrated steps: variations, strategies, requirement...

In recent years, investigations on advanced technological solutions aiming to achieve high-energy performance in buildings have been carried out by research centers and universities, accordance with the reduction buildings’ energy consumption required European Union. However, even if design of new makes it possible regulatory objectives, a building’s during operation deviates from simulations. ...

The implementation of Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings (NZEB) renovation packages in Europe needs to be accelerated meet the current decarbonization goals. To achieve this level performance, building strategies should shift towards solutions that incorporate a multitude passive and active components, increasing complexity costs execution. Moreover, it requires involvement different stakeholders sup...

Abstract EU and national buildings related regulations are moving towards policies that improve indoor thermal comfort, reduce energy consumption its environmental impact by establishing very ambitious targets in the emissions reduction decades to come. In this context, improving efficiency through deep renovations is a key action line because of potential meet long-term climate targets. Howeve...

Considering the amount of existing buildings, decarbonizing building stock requires new buildings designed to reach highest performance. The nearly-Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB) standard needs be overtaken by Plus (PEB) that presents potential produce more energy than consumption over a specific period. Several studies investigated achieve plus balance, however, there is still lack comprehensive...

The U.S. Department of Energy has launched the commercial building initiative (CBI) in pursuit of its research goal of achieving zero-net-energy commercial buildings (ZNEB), i.e. ones that produce as much energy as they use. Its objective is to make these buildings marketable by 2025 such that they minimize their energy use through cutting-edge, energy-efficiency technologies and meet their rem...