The COVID-19 crisis has changed daily habits and the time that people spend at home. It is expected this change may have environmental implications because of buildings’ heating energy demand. This paper studies implications, from a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach, due to these new in residential buildings their current level thermal insulation, different scenarios retrofit envelope. study...

Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Mohamed Hamdy Hassan Mohamed Name of the doctoral dissertation Combining Simulation and Optimisation for Dimensioning Optimal Building Envelopes and HVAC Systems Publisher School of Engineering Unit Department of Energy Technology Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 177/2012 Field of research HVAC...

Under rapid urbanization-induced global warming and resource depletion, growing interest in zero-energy building (ZEB) zero-emission technologies have emerged globally to improve energy performance homes shape sustainable cities. Although several countries released ZEB-enhanced strategies set national standards policies promote ZEBs, construction projects are still limited demonstration project...

To meet the dual challenges of climate change and peak oil, high-performance (lowenergy) buildings must be the rule rather than the exception. Typical buildings today frequently do not deliver the energy performance predicted by designers or desired by the owner. One of the primary reasons for this failure to perform is that building control systems are not designed, installed and/or operated a...

Abstract The European Commission strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate-neutral economy by 2050 outlines main blocks to maximise the benefits of energy efficiency, including zero emission buildings deployment renewables use electricity fully decarbonise Europe’s supply. following EU Climate Target Plan 2030 underlines, once again even more urgently than in ...