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Handbook of Energy Efficiency in Buildings: A Life Cycle Approach offers a comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the subject with a further focus on the Life Cycle. The editors, renowned academics, invited a diverse group of researchers to develop original chapters for the book and managed to well...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Asdrubali, Francesco (Editor), Desideri, Umberto (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; Cambridge, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, an imprint of Elsevier, [2019]
Subjects:
Buildings > Energy conservation.
Buildings > Energy consumption.
Sustainable Development
Construction Industry
Constructions > Économies d'énergie.
Constructions > Consommation d'énergie.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > General.
Buildings > Energy conservation
Buildings > Energy consumption
Electronic books.
Handbooks and manuals
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Policies, Recommendations and Standards (International Technical Standards, Main Laws and Regulations; EU Directives; Energy Labeling)
  • From Efficient to Sustainable and Zero Energy Consumption Buildings
  • Life-Cycle Assessment of Buildings
  • Steady-State and Dynamic Codes, Critical Review, Advantages and Disadvantages, Accuracy, and Reliability
  • Building Envelope
  • High Efficiency Plants and Building Integrated Renewable Energy Systems
  • Building Automation for Energy Efficiency
  • Energy Efficiency in Building Renovation
  • Conclusions.