This paper assesses the role of design and operational
parameters in a night ventilated library
building that has been designed for a maritime
type climate. The design rationale behind the
building is elaborated and ...
Increasingly historic masonry buildings are subjected to higher levels of traffic and rail vibrations due to urbanization and population growth. Deterioration and destabilisation of these buildings may result, especially ...
A simple definition of a zero energy building (ZEB) is a stand-alone building which does not use any offsite
energy source for its operation. The definition is easily extended to buildings with a net-zero annual
on-site ...
The European Union’s (EU) Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) aims to increase the
energy performance (EP) of buildings by requiring EU Member States to develop an EP calculation
methodology and to certify ...
This paper presents a building environmental assessment methodology developed for application in new commercial buildings in Ireland. In an attempt to address issues of specific national interest the development of the ...
Traditional means to predict tunnel-induced damage for large groups of potentially affected above ground structures has generally focused on creating a settlement trough and estimating subsequent building response limited ...
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) obligates EU member states to develop a reliable methodology capable of calculating and certifying the energy performance (EP) of their building stock. In this paper, ...
Article 7 of the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive requires Member States to implement energy certification for buildings, and particularly for large public buildings, requires an energy certificate to be displayed ...
There is an increasing trend in reducing energy demand of buildings by improving building envelope thermal
characteristics. Proven construction examples as used with the German PassivHaus standard achieve
substantial ...