The net zero-energy building (NZEB) concept has recently gained prominence worldwide. Large scale adoption and implementation of NZEBs would potentially contribute greatly to greening of the building sector. However, it is still at a nascent stage of niche formation. This paper aims to assess the governance context for adoption and uptake of NZEBs through niche formation in India by addressing ...

• An open-source virtual testbed in Modelica for studying Net-Zero Energy Communities. Physics-based and data-driven models are both considered to provide flexibilities. All the validated against real measurement. A software framework optimizing design operation with testbed. comprehensive evaluation on a demand-response control strategy this Communities (NZECs) critical assuring sustainability...

Abstract Climate variability creates energy demand uncertainty and complicates long-term asset management budget planning. Without understanding future trends related to intensification of climate, changes consumption could result in escalation. Energy can inform campus infrastructure repair modernization plans, effective use reduction policies, or renewable resource implementation decisions, a...

The dairy industry requires substantial energy resources at all stages of production and supply to meet consumer needs in terms quantity, quality food safety. expected future climate change effects will cause serious uncertainty the industry. Adapting these upcoming conditions is a challenge one that compounded by continuous increase demand, as result global population growth. Predictably, unde...

In the Swiss research project OptiControl (www.opticontrol.ethz.ch), new predictive building control strategies are developed and applied to a fully occupied, well instrumented demonstrator building. Here we report on the development and validation of the EnergyPlus building energy performance simulation model used in the project. Validation was done in three stages: (i) plausibility testing, (...

This study aims to investigate the fulfillment of four Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) balances, NZEB-PE, NZEB-site, NZEB-emission and NZEB-cost, considering the four metrics of primary energy (PE), site energy, CO2-eqemissions and energy cost, respectively, using weighting factors based on Finnish and international reference data. The study analyzes five conventional energy systems and seven b...