Buildings are one of the most important emitters of CO2, causing climate change. This fact,
together with the finiteness of conventional energy, results in the Zero Energy Building (ZEB) …

Abstract The US Department of Energy (DOE) Building Technologies Program has set the
aggressive goal of producing marketable net-zero energy buildings by 2025. This goal will …

US commercial buildings consumed around 18% of total primary energy in 2017 and a 2.23
EJ increase is expected by 2050. Energy-related data for commercial buildings can be used …

With the exponential growth in population and commensurate increased density in urban
cities, access to daylight and views to nature is being severely curtailed in buildings. In …

As part of a broad strategy to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and limit global
warming, many countries are requiring all new buildings to have net-zero energy use. This …

Energy efficiency in new building construction has become a key target to lower nation-wide
energy use. The goals of this paper are to estimate life-cycle energy savings, carbon …

When first published in 1997, Factor Four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use by
renowned economic and engineering experts Ernst von Weizsäcker, Amory Lovins and L …

Buildings account for approximately 36% of the United States' total carbon emissions and
building retrofits have great potential to reduce carbon emissions. Current research adopts a …

As a renewable energy technology, ground source heat pump (GSHP) system is high
efficient for heating and cooling in office buildings. However, this technology has strong …

The Fully Updated, Indispensible Study of Sustainable Design Principles Fundamentals of
Integrated Design for Sustainable Building is the first textbook to merge principles, theory …