Net zero energy design : a guide for commercial architecture /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
John Wiley & Sons,
[2013]
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Table of Contents:
- Net zero energy building overview
- The case for net zero energy buildings
- Defining net zero energy
- Building industry trends and standards
- Project conception and delivery
- The objective of net zero energy
- Project conception
- Project planning
- Project team selection
- Delivery methods
- Risks and rewards
- Integrated process
- Integrated delivery and management
- The project delivery phases
- Integrated design methods
- Building energy modeling
- Energy
- Energy basics
- Energy use intensity
- Energy targets
- Energy and thermal comfort
- Design fundamentals
- Energy design conditions
- Climate assessment
- Site assessment
- Building massing and geometry
- Building type and program
- Passive architecture
- Passive design
- Design science
- Building envelope
- Passive strategies
- Energy efficient building systems
- Active systems
- Basic concepts
- HVAC overview
- Low energy distribution
- Low energy primary equipment
- Domestic hot water
- Lighting
- District energy
- Renewable energy
- Renewable energy basics
- Solar power
- Solar thermal
- Wind
- Hydro
- Geothermal
- Biomass
- Fuel cells and hydrogen
- Economics
- Financial considerations
- Financial models
- Financial analysis
- Net zero energy and the real estate market
- Operations and occupancy
- Building operations
- Plug loads
- Green behavior
- Net zero energy performance plan
- Net zero energy
- Net zero energy balance
- Net zero energy measures
- Carbon neutrality
- Case study
- DOE/NREL research support facility.