Optimizing a net-zero energy (NZE) residential building using what renewable resources are available in desert environments and budgeted within the limits of governmental construction project is proving to be increasingly challenging for many countries, including Kingdom Saudi Arabia (KSA). Buildings such regions encounter significantly high annual consumption rates, especially cooling capacity...

There are high hopes and expectations in the potential of Net-Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) to contribute to combat the adverse environmental effects from intensive human activity, including energy use. An important related question that has received insufficient attention and is therefore addressed in this study, is how NZEB equipped with renewable energy (RE) systems would perform in future cl...

The selection Selecting the right of a thermal comfort model for establishing optimal indoor optimal hygrothermal conditions during the hot period has a major impact on energy consumption of Net Zero Energy Buildings in hot climates. The objective of this paper is to compare the influence of using different thermal comfort models for zero energy buildings in hot climates. The paper compares the...