Technology alone will not achieve building energy conservation goals, and humans and
their energy-related behavior in buildings must be included in energy performance efforts …

High energy consumption is a critical problem that governments are trying to overcome. The
concept of Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) has recently emerged as one of the solutions …

The literature on energy citizenship highlights that for citizens to be protagonists of the
energy transition meaningfully, they should partake through not only their energy investment …

Buildings consume energy for different purposes. One core function is to provide healthy
and comfortable living conditions for the humans that inhabit these buildings. The …

Buildings consume a significant amount of energy and resources during all stages of their
life cycle, causing enormous environmental impacts. Life cycle energy analysis is a holistic …

The assessment of building performance through energy certificates is important for tracking
and improving the energy efficiency of the building stock. The reliability of these …

Many newly built, energy-efficient terraced houses are characterised by high indoor air
temperatures and thermal comfort issues, because these state-of-the-art houses were …

Buildings consume more than one-third of the world's primary energy. Reducing energy use
and greenhouse-gas emissions in the buildings sector through energy conservation and …

Low insulation standards and obsolete heating systems of a large amount of buildings in
Europe account for disproportional energy consumption. Within this project, the holistic …

Nowadays, debates addressing climate change, fossil fuels depletion and energy security
highlight the need for a more sustainable built environment in order to reduce energy …