Design solutions for nZEB retrofit buildings [electronic book] /
edited by Elzbieta Rynska, Urszula Kozminska, Kinga Zinowiec-Cieplik, Joanna Rucinska and Barbara Szybinska-Matusiak.
- online resource (xxiii, 362 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering (ACIE) .
- Advances in civil and industrial engineering (ACIE) book series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Definition of nzeb renovation standard -- Selection of design methods in the modernization process of buildings to the nzeb standard -- Selection of renewable energy sources for buildings -- 3xe efficiency ecosphere economics -- The concept of expert system supporting the increase of energy efficiency in buildings -- Energy simulations as a tool in integrated design process -- Improving the design of energy efficient building retrofitting: design guidelines energy simulations and selecting of technologies -- Improving the energy quality and indoor environmental quality in retrofit buildings -- Chosen case studies of nzeb retrofit buildings -- Existing buildings how to meet an nzeb standard the architects perspective -- Single family residential building energy retrofit a case study -- Integration of vegetation with architecture forms -- Impact of climbing plants on buildings and their environment -- The impact of forms of buildings on the air exchange in their environment based on the example of urban development in Warsaw.
"This book contains the outcomes and achievements of a project financed through Bilateral Cooperation Fund. It dwells on the nZEB approach to retrofit. It will allow a worldwide dissemination of knowledge attained during the KODnZEB - Project prepared within the framework of knowledge transfer: upgrade nZEB standard concept for two chosen buildings"--
Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781522541059 (hardback) 9781522541066 (e-book)
Architecture and energy conservation Buildings--Energy conservation. Buildings--Retrofitting.