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Thermal Comfort in NZEB Collective Housing in Northern Spain
(MDPI, 2020-11-18)
European Building Codes have transitioned towards Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) requirements in new constructions, demanding high levels of insulation and airtightness derived from research and standards developed in ...
Relationship Between Energy Demand, Indoor Thermal Behaviour and Temperature-Related Health Risk Concerning Passive Energy Refurbishment Interventions
(Sciendo, 2020-09)
The main objective of this article is to demonstrate that passive energy refurbishment interventions influence comfort conditions of households for both cold and hot annual periods, while they help to avoid or promote ...
Thermal Comfort Evaluation of Offices Integrated Into an Industrial Building. Case Study of the Basque Country
(Sciendo, 2020-09)
This paper reports the indoor air operative temperature and relative humidity outcomes of a sixteen-month monitoring campaign of an administrative area in an industrial building in Tolosa (Spain). In a survey, users reported ...
Environmental and Economic Prioritization of Building Energy Refurbishment Strategies with Life-Cycle Approach
(MDPI, 2020-05-11)
An increasing number of studies apply life-cycle assessment methodology to assess the impact of a new building or to prioritize between different building refurbishment strategies. Among the different hypotheses to consider ...
Evaluating the Effect of Different Base Temperatures to Calculate Degree-Days
(Sciendo, 2020-09)
Degree-days are used as a forecasting tool to predict energy demand and for normalizing energy consumption to be able to compare between different properties across different years. The base temperature is the main aspect ...