Quantitative analysis of the divergence in energy losses allowed through building envelopes

Beatriz Rodríguez-Soria, Javier Domínguez-Hernández, José M. Pérez-Bella and Juan J. del Coz-Díaz

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, vol. 49, issue C, 1000-1008

Abstract: There is currently a lack of international harmonization on the insulation requirements for the buildings. Given that this parameter defines the maximum energy losses allowed through a thermal envelope, building energy consumptions can vary considerably between countries. Both the United States of America (US) and the European Union (EU) should address this problem by unifying the energy design criteria of their buildings. The EU requires that all new buildings constructed starting in 2020 must be nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEB), as defined in the Directive on Energy Efficiency in Buildings of 2010.

Keywords: International regulations; Envelope energy losses; nZEB; Passivhaus; Greenhouse gas emissions; Energy consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.05.002

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