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Energy-Efficient Building Design
The current chapter discusses a number of important aspects whose influence on the energy efficiency of new buildings calls for their careful consideration as early as in the design phase. With the basics of energy-efficient building design figuring in Sect. 2.1, the next important topic contained in Sect. 2.2 deals with commonly used classification systems determining the energy efficiency level of buildings. In order to understand energy-efficient design principles, basic facts on energy flows in buildings are given in Sect. 2.3. The relation between the building design, climatic influences and the building site analysis can be found in Sect. 2.4. Section 2.5 introduces a set of main design parameters, such as orientation, shape of the building, zoning of interior spaces and the building components. Description of the building components focuses mainly on those composing the building thermal envelope, with glazing surfaces and timber construction being only briefly presented, while a more detailed specification of the two materials follows in Chaps. 3 and 4. For the complexity of energy-efficient design, passive design strategies comprising passive solar heating, cooling, ventilation and daylighting are considered in Sect. 2.6. Finally, Sect. 2.7 provides an overview of the role of active technical systems, since they have become an indispensable constituent element of contemporary energy-efficient houses.
Energy-Efficient Building Design
The current chapter discusses a number of important aspects whose influence on the energy efficiency of new buildings calls for their careful consideration as early as in the design phase. With the basics of energy-efficient building design figuring in Sect. 2.1, the next important topic contained in Sect. 2.2 deals with commonly used classification systems determining the energy efficiency level of buildings. In order to understand energy-efficient design principles, basic facts on energy flows in buildings are given in Sect. 2.3. The relation between the building design, climatic influences and the building site analysis can be found in Sect. 2.4. Section 2.5 introduces a set of main design parameters, such as orientation, shape of the building, zoning of interior spaces and the building components. Description of the building components focuses mainly on those composing the building thermal envelope, with glazing surfaces and timber construction being only briefly presented, while a more detailed specification of the two materials follows in Chaps. 3 and 4. For the complexity of energy-efficient design, passive design strategies comprising passive solar heating, cooling, ventilation and daylighting are considered in Sect. 2.6. Finally, Sect. 2.7 provides an overview of the role of active technical systems, since they have become an indispensable constituent element of contemporary energy-efficient houses.
Energy-Efficient Building Design
Green Energy,Technology
Žegarac Leskovar, Vesna (author) / Premrov, Miroslav (author)
2013-10-01
45 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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