What is a Nearly zero energy building? Overview, implementation and comparison of definitions

D D'Agostino, L Mazzarella - Journal of Building Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
The reduction of energy consumption in buildings is an important pillar of the European
strategy to ensure that future climate and energy targets are reached. This paper focuses on …

Technological advancements towards the net-zero energy communities: A review on 23 case studies around the globe

KR Ullah, V Prodanovic, G Pignatta, A Deletic… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract “Net-zero energy”, a burning concept of the current world, has been being
considered and applied on a building scale for the last few decades, however, there are …

Cost optimal and nearly zero energy building solutions for office buildings

E Pikas, M Thalfeldt, J Kurnitski - Energy and Buildings, 2014 - Elsevier
European Union (EU) has established directives and guidelines that soon require building
industry to comply with nearly zero energy building (nZEB) targets in their daily work. This …

Review on performance aspects of nearly zero-energy districts

AR Amaral, E Rodrigues, AR Gaspar… - Sustainable cities and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The nearly zero-energy concept aims to achieve a significant reduction of energy
consumption in the buildings' sector, while promoting the renewable energy dissemination …

Life cycle emissions analysis of two nZEB concepts

L Georges, M Haase, A Houlihan Wiberg… - Building Research & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The net-zero emissions building (nZEB) performance is investigated for building operation
(EO) and embodied emissions in materials (EE) for Norway's cold climate. nZEB concepts …

Sustainable development and requirements for energy efficiency in buildings–the Korean perspectives

JT Kim, CWF Yu - Indoor and Built Environment, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of developments in Korea in relation to its
energy consumption and sustainable development policies and progress in achieving its …

Innovative technologies for NZEBs: An energy and economic analysis tool and a case study of a non-residential building for the Mediterranean climate

A Buonomano, G De Luca, U Montanaro… - Energy and Buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
Several new technologies can be today implemented in buildings in order to achieve the
NZEB goal. In this paper a novel computer model for predicting the energy demand of …

Definition of nearly zero-energy building requirements based on a large building sample

Z Szalay, A Zöld - Energy policy, 2014 - Elsevier
According to the recast of the Energy Performance Building Directive, Member States must
give an exact definition for nearly zero-energy buildings to be introduced from 2018/2020 …

[PDF][PDF] Cost optimal and nearly zero energy performance requirements for buildings in Estonia.

J Kurnitski, A Saari, T Kalamees, M Vuolle… - Estonian Journal of …, 2013 - vana.kirj.ee
Estonian cost optimal and nearly zero energy building (nZEB) energy performance levels
were determined for the reference detached house, apartment and office building. Cost …

Extra cost analyses of two apartment buildings for achieving nearly zero and low energy buildings

E Pikas, M Thalfeldt, J Kurnitski, R Liias - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
The nZEB (nearly zero energy building) requirements taking effect in 2021 have induced the
interest about additional cost and technical solutions amongst real-estate developers …