Net zero energy design : a guide for commercial architecture /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hootman, Thomas
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2013]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.