Evaluation of actual zero energy buildings (ZEBs) performance and identification its regional characteristics are great significance for similar future projects. Based on more than 400 cases in cold regions, this study compared the post-evaluation drivers ZEBs from China, US European Union (EU). Results found that ZEB definition, drivers, standard, policies, technology adoption their ratio dete...

The increasing trend in energy demand is higher than the one from renewable generation, coming years. One of greatest sources consumption are buildings. management a building by means production photovoltaic situ common alternative to improve sustainability this sector. An efficient trade-off source fields Zero Energy Buildings (ZEB), nearly (nZEB) or MicroGrids (MG) requires an accurate foreca...

According to the previous pieces of research, the building sector consumes about 40 % of total yield energy and produce one-third of GHG pollution emission. This point shows the significant potential in two aspects of energy optimization and pollution reduction in this field. The purpose of this research as a case study is to construct a residential building and develop the paths for reaching a...

By the end of 2020, all EU member states need to ensure that all newly constructed buildings consume ‘nearly zero’ energy and that their energy needs are produced locally as much as possible and with renewable sources; a concept called nearly Zero Energy Buildings (ZEB). At the same time, more and more people live in cities, where the access to local renewable energy sources –wind and solaris l...