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Reeve, A. W. A., W. M. Hofmann, and W. Bachofner. "Saving energy in buildings." Property Management 3, no. 2 (February 1985): 19–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb006593.

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Azizi, Nurul Sakina Mokhtar, Suzanne Wilkinson, and Elizabeth Fassman. "DO OCCUPANTS IN GREEN BUILDINGS PRACTICE BETTER ENERGY SAVING BEHAVIOUR IN COMPUTER USAGE THAN OCCUPANTS IN CONVENTIONAL BUILDINGS?" Journal of Green Building 10, no. 4 (November 2015): 178–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/jgb.10.4.178.

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Green buildings are not entirely successful in achieving energy saving targets. One way of improving energy targets is to encourage occupants to adopt energy saving behaviour. To date, energy saving behaviour has been given less focus in improving green building performance than other energy saving initiatives, such as retrofitting buildings for green features. This study uses comparison case studies between green buildings and conventional buildings in New Zealand to better understand the energy saving behaviour of occupants. Questionnaires were distributed to occupants in green and conventional buildings to evaluate the extent of energy saving behaviour practiced and to identify potential strategies to encourage energy saving behaviour. The objective of this paper is to investigate the level of energy saving behaviour between green and conventional office buildings to see if people in green buildings perform better energy saving behaviour than people in conventional buildings in computer usage. The findings do show better energy saving behaviour from occupants in green buildings than occupants in conventional buildings. The paper shows why this is the case. The recommended strategies to encourage energy saving behaviour used by different buildings are also discussed. Strategies include raising education awareness on energy efficiency among the building occupants, energy saving commitments, and to have an active building manager assigned for energy related matters.
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Li, Juan, and Ying Pan. "Research on High-Rise Buildings Energy Efficiency Design in Advanced Structure." Advanced Materials Research 700 (May 2013): 89–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.700.89.

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Early in the 20th century 70's, the concept of energy-saving building was officially proposed. The core of energy-saving buildings is to reduce energy consumption and enhance energy efficiency in buildings. However, with the continued rapid growth of China's economic and urbanization high-rise buildings have become the mainstream of the building industry. So, the research on energy-saving design in high-rise buildings in advanced structure becomes the hot issue of general interest. Many advanced structures and building materials have constantly developed, and have been used in high-rise buildings energy efficiency design. This paper summarizes and prospects the current situation of energy-saving design in chinas high-rise building, and also provides a reference for hoping the energy-saving design can be geared to international standards better.
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Gu, Qun Yin, Cui Yu Wu, Hai Yan Chen, and Qing Rong Liu. "Study on Energy Consumption and Energy Saving Measures in Shanghai." Advanced Materials Research 1008-1009 (August 2014): 1375–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1008-1009.1375.

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The energy consumption increases rapidly with the economic development and population change. Buildings are becoming the most important energy consumption sector in Shanghai. The gross domestic product per capita in Shanghai has reached to $13,500 in 2012 and the energy consumption is also amounted to 11,000×104 ton of coal equivalent. Buildings energy consumption accounted for about 25% of the total energy consumption. Building energy saving will greatly contribute to the energy saving and environmental protection. By analyzing the trend of population growth, economic development and energy consumption and the present buildings structure and situation in Shanghai, this paper proposed the measurements of building energy saving and energy consumption reduction.
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Xue, Yun, and Xiao Jing Wang. "Energy-Saving Renovation Research of Existing Residential Buildings in Northern." Applied Mechanics and Materials 587-589 (July 2014): 252–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.587-589.252.

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Energy-saving renovation of existing residential buildings in northern is a systematic project, including the main content of energy-saving renovation project system research of existing residential buildings –“energy-saving reconstruction of building enclosure structure , building indoor heating system measurement and temperature regulation reform ".
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Guo, Chang, and Jian Yao. "Effect of same Insulation Materials on Energy-Saving Potential of Different Buildings." Applied Mechanics and Materials 164 (April 2012): 93–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.164.93.

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This paper analyzed the effect of same insulation materials on energy-saving potential of three different buildings by using the energy simulation program DOE-2. The results show that the heating energy saving rate of the building decreases when the building shape coefficient increases, while cooling energy saving rate of the building rises and the total energy saving rate of the buildings will reduce.
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Voronkov, S. S., and O. V. Fedorova. "On classes energy saving buildings." Science and Modernity 5, no. 3 (2015): 34–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.17117/ns.2015.03.034.

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Liu, Li, and Lei Xu. "Energy-Saving Technical Measures of German Low-Energy Buildings." Applied Mechanics and Materials 507 (January 2014): 511–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.507.511.

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German building energy-saving technology holds a leading position in the world. This paper studies German low-energy buildings in aspects of the wall, thermal insulation, the window, new energy application, natural ventilation and controllable sun-shading, looking forward to provide certain reference for Chinas building energy conservation.
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Qin, Runqi, and Xinjian Li. "A Preliminary Study on Green Building 3D Modelling Energy-saving Design Combined with Traditional Ecological Concepts." E3S Web of Conferences 237 (2021): 03021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202123703021.

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By combining the green ecological wisdom on traditional Chinese residential buildings, this paper summarized the ideas that can be used for references and applications in modern green energy-saving design. In addition, in view of the inherent shortcomings of traditional residential buildings, this paper proposed a green energy-saving design method for traditional residential buildings based on 3D modelling technology, which is complementary to the traditional ecological construction concept. Based on the establishment of a 3D building information model of traditional residential buildings, the optimal solution for the energy-saving design of green buildings is found through energy-saving adjustments to the building space structure and building spacing parameters.
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Li, Wei Fang. "The Study on Promotion of Chinese Green Energy-Saving Buildings." Applied Mechanics and Materials 672-674 (October 2014): 1847–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.672-674.1847.

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The promotion of the green buildings is the necessary way to expand Chinese urbanization. The idea of green energy-saving building and green life-styles should be a kind of behavioral patterns. In the paper, the idea of green and energy-saving buildings is put forward. The management systems about green and energy conservation buildings are combed. Some Problems existing in the promotion of Chinese green energy-saving building at present are pointed out. From the perspective of implementation, some countermeasures are also pointed out in the paper, including improving supervision about green energy-saving buildings, perfecting technology system of intelligent and green energy conservation buildings, based on optimizing the design, setting up scientific assessment system, promoting the use of new technologies, new materials, and so on.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Energy-saving buildings"

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Birol, Kemal Ozgen. "Design And Analysis Of Energy Saving Buildings Using The Software Energy Plus." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614653/index.pdf.

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Being the major energy consumer of electricity and natural gas, buildings consume more than 70% of electricity and 30% of natural gas. On the way to green buildings and zero energy buildings, investigation and improvement of energy efficiency of the buildings will result in significant reductions in energy demands and CO2 emissions
make cost savings and improve thermal comfort as well. Key steps of a successful green, energy efficient building can be summarized as whole building design, site design, building envelope design, lighting and day lighting design and HVAC system design. Energy Plus®
software is mainly developed to simulate the performance of the buildings in the view of the above listed points. The design of a building or the analysis of an existing building with the software will show how efficient the building is or will be, and also helps finding the best efficient choice of the whole building system. Thesis focuses on the effect of changes in building envelope properties. In Turkey, topic of green buildings has recently started to be studied. Therefore, this thesis aims to present efficient technologies providing energy savings in buildings, to present green building concept and alternative energy simulation software. In the context of this study, design, methods and material guidelines are introduced to reduce energy needs of buildings and to bring in the green building design concept. Building and system parameters to enhance building energy efficiency and energy savings together with green building principles are summarized. Moreover, whole building energy analysis methods and simulation steps are explained
year-round simulation is performed for a sample building
as a result, energy savings about 36% is achieved.
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朱耀昌 and Yiu-cheong Chu. "Application of energy saving systems in Hong Kong buildings." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31255188.

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Chu, Yiu-cheong. "Application of energy saving systems in Hong Kong buildings /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25549406.

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Tsave, A. "Energy performance regulations and methodologies of energy saving in office buildings in southern Europe." Thesis, Brunel University, 2009. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/3281.

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The Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and Council on energy performance of buildings entered into force on 4th January 2003, setting the minimum requirements of energy performance. All Member States had to incorporate the requirements of the new directive in national legislation by January 2006 and build up relevant systems and measures to transpose and implement these requirements. The stage of Directive’s implementation in the countries of Southern Europe is reported because of the similar climatic conditions and the geographical location for a future enforcement in Greece, as the building code in Greece is still under development. As energy use in buildings accounts for about 40% of the final energy demand in the European Union, the application of building standards can achieve a reduction in electric energy consumption and therefore an increase in energy performance of buildings. A record of the electric energy consumption of office buildings in the four Prefectures of Crete is implemented aiming at a future energy saving, which may be obtained by either through increased efficiency or by reducing electric energy consumption.
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Shadnia, Rasoul, and Rasoul Shadnia. "Green Geopolymer with Incorporated PCM for Energy Saving in Buildings." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622931.

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This research studies the green geopolymer incorporated with phase change material (PCM) for energy saving in buildings. First class F fly ash (FA) based-geopolymer binder was studied. In order to improve the mechanical properties, low calcium slag (SG) was added to the FA to produce geopolymer. The effect of different factors including SG content (at different relative amounts FA/SG = 0/100, 25/75, 50/50, 75/25 and 100/0), NaOH solution at different concentrations (7.5, 10 and 15 M), various curing times (1, 2, 4, 7, 14 and 28 days) and curing temperatures (25 (ambient), 45, 60, 75 and 90°C) was investigated. The unit weight and uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) of the geopolymer specimens were measured. Scanning electron microscopy/energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDX) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were also performed to characterize the microstructure and phase composition of the geopolymer specimens. The results show that the incorporation of SG not only improves the strength of the geopolymer specimens but also decreases the initial water content and thus the NaOH consumption at the same NaOH concentration required for geopolymer production. In addition, the inclusion of SG increases the unit weight of the geopolymer specimens, simply because SG has a much greater specific gravity than FA. The results also show that the strength of the FA/SG-based geopolymer develops rapidly within only 2 days and no obvious gain of the strength after 7 days. The optimum curing temperature (the curing temperature at which the maximum UCS is obtained) at a FA/SG ratio of 50/50 is around 75°C. Second, FA-based geopolymer concrete was synthesized and the effect of different factors including sodium silicate to sodium hydroxide (SS/SH) ratio, aggregate shape, water to fly ash (W/FA) ratio, curing time, water exposure and PCM inclusion on the compressive strength of the geopolymer concrete specimens cured at different ambient temperatures was studied. The results show that the UCS of the specimens increases with higher SS/SH and W/FA ratios up to a certain level and then starts to decrease at higher ratios. The results also indicate that a major portion of the strength of the specimens cured at ambient temperatures develops within the first four weeks. In addition the strength of the FA-based geopolymer concrete is slightly decreased with water exposure and PCM incorporation. Third, the mechanical and thermal properties of geopolymer mortar synthesized with FA and different amount of PCM were studied and the effect of incorporated PCM on the unit weight and UCS of geopolymer mortar was evaluated. SEM imaging was performed to identify the change of micro structure of the geopolymer mortar after incorporation of PCM. The thermal properties of the geopolymer mortar containing different amount of PCM were also characterized using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis. In addition model tests were performed using small cubicles built with geopolymer mortar slabs containing different amount of PCM to evaluate the effectiveness of geopolymer mortar wall with incorporated PCM in controlling the heat flow and internal temperature. The results indicate that both the unit weight and UCS of the geopolymer mortar decrease slightly after PCM is incorporated, mainly due to the small unit weight and low strength and stiffness of the PCM, respectively. However, the compressive strength of geopolymer mortar containing up to 20% PCM is still sufficiently high for applications in buildings. The results also show that the incorporation of PCM leads to substantial increase of heat capacity and decrease of thermal conductivity of the geopolymer mortar and is very effective in decreasing the temperature inside the cubicles. Finally, a numerical study on the thermal performance of geopolymer with incorporated PCM was carried out. In order to simulate the heat transfer through geopolymer containing PCM, a simplified method was first presented. The influence of phase transition was linked to the energy balance equation through variable specific heat capacity of the PCM-geopolymer. The thermal properties of the geopolymer containing PCM for the numerical analysis were determined using DSC and guarded heat flow (GHF) tests. The simplified method was validated based on the good agreement between the numerical and experimental results. With the validated model, the effect of various factors including the specific heat capacity, thermal conductivity and wall thickness on the thermal performance of PCM-geopolymer walls was studied. Then a modified numerical method was proposed for simulating the whole thermal transfer processes and the simulation results were used to conduct the economic evaluation of PCM-geopolymer walls for energy savings in buildings.
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Wang, Chengju. "Energy use and energy saving in buildings and asthma, allergy and sick building syndrome (SBS): a literature review." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Energisystem och byggnadsteknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-30086.

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Energy use in buildings is an important contribution to global CO2 emissions and contributes to global warming. In recent years, there has been concern about creating energy efficiency buildings, green buildings and healthy buildings but this development needs guidance by multidisciplinary scientists and experts. Since energy saving can influence the indoor environment in different ways, epidemiological research is needed in different climate zones to evaluate the health consequences of making the buildings more energy efficient. Epidemiological studies and modelling studies are available on health effects and indoor effects of energy conversation, improved thermal insulation, increased air tightness and creating green buildings. The health-related literature on this issue was reviewed, by searching scientific articles in the medical Database PubMed and in the general database Web of Science as well as Nature database. In this literature review, 53 relevant peer reviewed articles on health effects of energy use and energy saving were found. Most of the studies had investigated residential buildings. One main conclusion from the review is that combined energy efficiency improvements in buildings can be associated with improvement of general health, such as less asthma, allergies, sick building syndrome (SBS) symptoms, respiratory symptoms, and reduced cold-related and heat-related mortality. Moreover, combined energy efficiency improvements can improve indoor air quality, increase productivity and satisfaction and reduce work leave and school absence. Effective heating of buildings can reduce respiratory symptoms and reduce work leave and school absence. However, some potential health problems can occur if increased energy efficiency will reduce ventilation flow. Energy saving by increasing air tightness or reducing ventilation is associated with impaired indoor air quality and negative health effects. In contrast, improved ventilation may reduce SBS, respiratory symptoms and increase indoor air quality. Installation of mechanical ventilation can solve the negative effects of making the building construction in dwellings more air tight. In future research, more studies are needed on health impacts of single energy efficiency improvement methods. Existing studies have mostly used a combination of improvement methods. In addition, modelling software programs should more often be used, since they can take into account effects of different energy efficiency improvement methods on indoor air quality in different types of buildings and in different climates.
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LEFFLER, OSCAR, and NASSIF MANSOUR. "A Study of Energy Saving Actions in Older Buildings in Sweden." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-240673.

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Modern energy saving technologies are become increasingly mature, easier to implement and financially profitable. Both the European Union and the Swedish government have directives with goals regarding energy savings for the year 2020 and 2030. Here, making buildings more energy efficient plays a large role as around 40% of the total energy usage in Europe can be related to buildings. Constructing new, nearly zero energy houses is currently very popular, but as a vast majority of all buildings in a country like Sweden are older buildings, built before 1980, a majority of the used energy will come from these buildings. Hence, there is plenty of incentive for carrying out energy saving actions and investments in older buildings. From previous research and interviews with energy consultants, it can be concluded that energy saving actions are not being carried to the extent that is possible. This thesis aims to find out why this is and mainly what the main obstacles are when implementing energy saving solutions in older buildings. A case study, consisting of eight interviews with energy consultants and real estate owners was carried out in order to get an understanding of the current situation and the different stakeholders views on this issue. The results showed that, at least in the represented cases, there is a will among real estate owners for moving forward with energy saving. An understanding has also recently emerged where most real estate owners realize that there are great financial incentives connected to implementing energy saving solutions to current, older buildings. However, increased will of making a change has not yet resulted in a majority of buildings having installed energy saving solutions. One factor for this is that each building is its own individual case and therefore needs to be handled individually due to different conditions and are therefore suitable for different energy saving actions. Other factors include lack of technical and financial understanding among some real estate owners, slow decision making processes and ownership types. The research explores theories related to decision makings to provide a comprehensive overview regarding the current situation of energy saving in Sweden, as well as a contribution to the theoretical literature regarding decision making
Modern teknik inom energibesparing blir allt mer mognare, lättare att implementera och finansiellt lönsamt. Både den europeiska unionen och den svenska regeringen har direktiv med mål för energibesparing för år 2020 och 2030. Här spelar byggnader en viktig roll, då byggnader står för ca 40 % av den totala energianvändningen i Europa. Att bygga nya, nära noll energi byggnader är för närvarande väldigt populärt. Men i ett land som Sverige, där majoriteten av alla byggnader är äldre byggnader, kommer majoriteten av energianvändningen fortfarande från dessa. Därav finns det stora incitament till att genomföra energieffektiviserande åtgärder på äldre byggnader i Sverige. Från tidigare studier och intervjuer med energikonsulter kan det fastslås att energibesparande åtgärder ej genomförs i den grad som det är möjligt. Målet med denna rapport är att utröna varför det är så samt vilka huvudsakliga hinder som kan relateras till energibesparing i äldre byggnader. För att få en överblick av den befintliga situationen samt hur olika intressenter ser på denna fråga genomfördes en fallstudie bestående av åtta intervjuer med energikonsulter och fastighetsägare. Resultaten från studien pekade på att det finns en vilja bland fastighetsägare att gå vidare med energibesparande åtgärder. På senare tid har även en förståelse vuxit fram bland fastighetsägare där man inser att det även finns stora finansiella incitament med att implementera energibesparande åtgärder på äldre byggnader. Detta har dock ännu ej lett till att energibesparande åtgärder genomförts på en majoritet av befintliga byggnader. En anledning till detta är att varje byggnad måste hanteras individuellt då alla har olika förutsättningar och därmed lämpar sig för olika energibesparande lösningar. Andra faktorer inkluderar teknisk och ekonomisk kunskapsbrist bland vissa fastighetsägare, långsamma beslutsprocesser och ägarstrukturer. Studien nyttjar teorier relaterade till beslutsfattning för att ge läsaren en överblick av den befintliga situationen kring energibesparing i Sverige. I tillägg bidrar studien till den teoretiska litteraturen om beslutsfattning.
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Xuan, Yang. "Evaluation of energy performance and cost of different energy saving solutions in residential buildings of China." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-32805.

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This report reviewed Chinese building energy and related codes, directives and guidelines and compared them with Swedish ones. It also provides general information on residential buildings in China (area, height, layout, etc.) and describes building envelope insulation status and market there (window, exterior walls and roof) and energy related characteristics (heating, heating fee system, cooling and ventilation). This report is targeted towards governmental organizations in Wuhai city in Inner Mongolia of China since this thesis is project (Sino-Swe project) based research and Wuhai city is the place where the project is being carried out. A one week trip to Wuhai city was done during the research time and information concerning aspects such as market, energy saving status and residents’ attitudes were collected through interviews, organized meetings and on-site investigation. Data collected from national level and Wuhai city are combined to support simulation of energyperformance of a model building in Wuhai. Two tools are employed to calculate energyconsumption. One is Dest, developed by Institute of Building Environment and Building Services,Tsinghua University, Beijing, China and has been used in various prestige large structures such as State Grand Theatre. The second one is Standardized Method, proposed by Heating, ventilation and air conditioning design code. It is a traditional and simple energy calculation method and can be realized by Excel. Nowadays, instead of directly using it, its calculation concepts and steps are integrated into different commercial calculation softwares but in a more complex way. Different envelope types, heating methods, ventilation systems are evaluated and building energy consumption for heating and corresponding initial investment and operation cost are calculated. Then life cycle cost methodology is applied to compare different alternatives and those alternatives, according to their payback time, are located into different categories. From the calculation the following figure is obtained and suggestions are made.
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Richardson, Matthew James. "Synergies in heating and cooling : a theoretical analysis of two ways of saving energy in buildings." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.611584.

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Ma, Daghoo. "The Role of Comparative Electricity Use Feedback at the Building Level in University Research Buildings." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23128.

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University research buildings are significant energy consumers in the United States. There is therefore a need to reduce energy use on the nation\'s campuses, not only cutting their carbon footprints but also saving money. Universities\' efforts to reduce energy use include updating older facilities, implementing renewable energy systems, and encouraging energy saving behavior. This study evaluated the differential effects of two forms of feedback on electricity consumption in two groups of research buildings on a college campus to determine whether providing feedback to energy users has an impact on energy conservation behavior. A control group of buildings received no feedback regarding their electricity use. In the first study group of buildings, occupants received information about their electricity consumption with some electricity saving tips, distributed via email. The same procedure was followed with building occupants in the second study group, who received additional information showing their electricity consumption performance in comparison to other buildings within the study group. The baseline reading was conducted a week before the experiment began in August, 2012. Over the course of the five week study, the daily adjusted average reductions in electricity usage compared to the control group were less than 1 percent for both study groups, with study group 1 achieving an average reduction of 0.2 percent and study group 2 an average reduction of 0.8 percent. Although the reduction observed for study group 2 was 4 times greater than that for study group 1, the saving was not continuous over the study period. Accordingly, the result was deemed to be not statistically significant and the effectiveness of comparative energy use feedback in university research buildings was not supported. However, even small savings in the energy used in university research buildings can be very important in terms of the total amount of energy saved because research buildings use significantly more energy than other buildings on campus such as academic buildings and residence blocks. This study concludes with a consideration of potentially fruitful directions for future research into developing new ways to reduce the energy consumption on university campuses.

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Books on the topic "Energy-saving buildings"

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Energy saving and storage in residential buildings. Hauppauge, N.Y: Nova Science Publishers, 2011.

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Haberl, Jeffrey S. Measuring energy-saving retrofits: Experiences from the Texas LoanSTAR Program. Oak Ridge, Tenn: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1996.

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Apte, Michael G. Improving ventilation & saving energy : final report on indoor environmental quality & energy monitoring in sixteen relocatable classrooms: Final project report. [Sacramento, Calif.]: California Energy Commission, 2012.

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China) International Conference of Green Building Materials and Energy-saving Construction (2011 Harbin. Green building materials and energy-saving construction: Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2011 International Conference of Green Building Materials and Energy-saving Construction (GBMEC 2011) will be held on August 6, 2011 in Harbin, China. Durnten-Zurich, Switzerland: Trans Tech, 2011.

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Building green, saving green: Constructing sustainable and energy-efficient buildings : hearing before the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, May 14, 2008. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010.

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NORTHSUN 90 (Conference) (1990 University of Reading). Energy conservation in buildings: The achievement of 50% energy saving : an environmental challenge? : proceedings of NORTHSUN 90, an international conference, University of reading, UK, 18-21 September 1990. Oxford: Pergamon, 1991.

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Alex, Wilson. Consumer guide to home energy savings. 4th ed. Washington, D.C: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, 1995.

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International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Household Appliances (1st 1997 Florence, Italy). Energy efficiency in household appliances: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Household Appliances, 10-12 November 1997, Florence, Italy. Edited by Bertoldi Paolo, Ricci Andrea 1954-, and Huenges Wajer Boudewijn 1952-. Berlin: Springer, 1999.

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Jacobsen, Grant D. Are building codes effective at saving energy?: Evidence from residential billing data in Florida. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010.

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The clean energy recovery: Creating jobs, building new industries and saving money : hearing before the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, March 10, 2010. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2010.

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Book chapters on the topic "Energy-saving buildings"

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Papadopoulou, Elena V. M. "Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving." In Energy Management in Buildings Using Photovoltaics, 11–20. London: Springer London, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2383-5_2.

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Sala, Marco, Giuseppina Alcamo, and Lucia Ceccherini Nelli. "Energy-Saving Solutions for Five Hospitals in Europe." In Mediterranean Green Buildings & Renewable Energy, 1–17. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30746-6_1.

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Martín, Nieves García, Gerardo Sabater-Grande, Aurora García-Gallego, Nikolaos Georgantzis, Iván Barreda-Tarrazona, and Enrique Belenguer. "Economic Experiments Used for the Evaluation of Building Users’ Energy-Saving Behavior." In Energy Performance of Buildings, 107–21. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20831-2_7.

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Abdi, Hamid, Michael Fielding, James Mullins, and Saeid Nahavandi. "A System for Energy Saving in Commercial and Organizational Buildings." In Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, 1083–91. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36645-1_97.

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Addy, Pat, and Dave Webb. "Energy Saving Technologies for Conventional Dwellings – A ‘Whole House’ Concept." In Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, 45–55. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17387-5_5.

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Abdi, Hamid, Doug Creighton, and Saeid Nahavandi. "A Sustainable Energy Saving Method for Hotels by Green Hotel Deals." In Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, 669–77. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36645-1_62.

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Guan, Yamin Jamin, Yimin Sun, and K. Xia. "Analysis of the Energy-Saving in the Conference Center Atrium." In Smart and Sustainable Cities and Buildings, 389–405. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37635-2_27.

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Yan, Feng. "A GPU-Based Energy Saving Algorithm for Smart Buildings." In Advances in Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, 208–21. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81007-8_24.

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Zhang, Xin-yu, and Hong Jin. "The Design Study of Energy-Saving Rural House in Rural Areas in Heilongjiang Province, China." In Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, 73–82. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17387-5_8.

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Alemdağ, Esra Lakot, and Figen Beyhan. "Energy Saving with Double-Skin Glazed Facades in Multistorey Buildings." In Progress in Exergy, Energy, and the Environment, 533–40. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04681-5_49.

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Conference papers on the topic "Energy-saving buildings"

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Huang, Joe, Donghyun Seo, and Moncef Krarti. "Analysis of the Energy Saving Potentials for Near-Zero Energy Buildings in Shanghai." In ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2011-54652.

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The Changning District in Shanghai has expressed interest to becoming a green neighborhood and has asked for recommendations on how to reduce the energy usage in public buildings in their district. The objective of this short study is to identify the likely range of further reductions in the energy use and carbon emissions of new buildings through energy-efficiency improvements and the use of renewable energy, i.e., solar hot water (SHW), photovoltaics (PV), and ground-source heat pumps (GSHP), as compared to buildings that meet the current public building energy code in Shanghai. This analysis is done using DOE-2.1E computer simulations of three prototypical building models — an office, a hotel, and a mixed-use retail/office building — that have been calibrated against measured energy data from such buildings in the Changning District. After the building models have been calibrated, they are then used to establish the baseline energy use for code-compliant buildings, and to calculate the energy savings for 16 potential EEMs (Energy Efficiency Measures) that exceed the building energy code. A LCC (Life-Cycle Cost) analysis is done to compare the energy cost reductions to the capital costs for the EEMs, with the result that some EEMs are rejected as being not cost-effective over a 25 year period. The usage of the EEMs accepted as cost-effective is found to reduce the energy usage of the three building types by 30–40% in the office, 43–46% in the hotel, and 35% in the retail, depending on the assumed discount rate. If all the EEMs are considered regardless of cost, the energy savings increase to 44% in the office, 47% in the hotel, and 36% in the retail.
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Li, Yuming, Yiqun Pan, and Chen Chen. "Study on Energy Saving Retrofitting Strategies for Existing Public Buildings in Shanghai." In ASME 2009 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the Heat Transfer and InterPACK09 Conferences. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2009-90262.

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Public buildings include office building, schools, hotels, hospitals, retails and others. This paper selects two types of existing public buildings — office and hotel to conduct research. It firstly introduces and analyzes the feasible energy saving retrofitting strategies and technologies for existing public buildings in Shanghai, mainly about building envelope, HVAC system and lighting system. Then it builds up prototypical models, with whole building energy analysis software—EnergyPlus, for office and hotel respectively to simulate and calculate the annual energy saving and payback period of the various strategies. Therefore the different features of the two types of buildings and the energy saving effects of various strategies used on them are studied. The results show that the energy saved by each one strategy may be different for different types of existing buildings. For office buildings, such ECMs (energy conservation measures) as external shading, energy efficient lighting system, daylighting in perimeter area and variable pumps have short payback period. While for hotels, external shading, variable pumps and temperature reset have short payback period.
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Li Wang, Win-Bin Lin, and Wei-Jen Lee. "Energy saving of green buildings using natural daylight." In 2009 IEEE/PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition (PSCE). IEEE, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/psce.2009.4840034.

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Shi, Zhao, Yang Liu, Xing Tong, Peng Zeng, and Haibin Yu. "A System Architecture for Energy Saving in Buildings." In 2nd International Conference on Computer and Information Applications (ICCIA 2012). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/iccia.2012.263.

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Li, Weifang. "The Study on Green Energy-saving Buildings Design." In 2015 International Forum on Energy, Environment Science and Materials. Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/ifeesm-15.2015.212.

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Jarošová, P., and S. Št'astník. "Modelling of thermal transfer for energy saving buildings." In 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS 2013: ICNAAM 2013. AIP, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4825672.

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Wei, Bing, Bin Zhang, and Wen Luo. "Research on Assessment Method of Green Buildings in China." In ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2010-90349.

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Presently the sustainable development stratagem has made the green buildings to be a trend of building industry in China, and the assessment to the green buildings is becoming more and more important in developing the green buildings. In this paper the meaning of the green building assessment is explained, several main domestic and foreign green building assessment systems are analyzed and compared, and the common ground and limitations of these assessment methods are presented. Then a novel assessment index system which is more comprehensive, scientific and suitable for green buildings in China is developed by using the life cycle assessment method. This system contains six categories including land saving and outdoor environment, energy saving and utilization, material saving and utilization, water saving and utilization, indoor environment quality and economy. According to the decision-making stage, design stage, construction stage, operation and maintenance stage, each category is divided into more concrete indexes. At last the established assessment system is used to evaluate a typical building in Xi’an, China. The final novel assessment index system is of theoretical and practical significance for the assessment and development of green buildings in China.
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Sylvester, K. Everette, and Jeff Haberl. "An Economic Analysis Method of Energy Saving Strategies in Newly Constructed Buildings." In ASME 2003 International Solar Energy Conference. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/isec2003-44065.

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Businesses and institutions in the United States spend an estimated $175 billion per year for energy. Of that, the fraction under performance contracts and energy service agreements is currently growing, aided by cheaper monitoring technology and integration with energy management and conservation systems. To estimate the potential savings as well as to help verify energy savings retrofits, the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers has developed Standard 90.1 to provide guidance when conducting energy simulations of buildings before they are constructed. Although the potential accuracy afforded by today’s energy simulation programs is high, there is little agreement on current methods when developing the base case building. In addition, there are no current standards to guide the analysis of newly constructed, energy efficient buildings. This paper presents an energy simulation of a newly constructed state office building and compares the energy savings a past study the uses ASHRAE Standard 90.1 and a simulation regression method. Overall, while the results show significant differences between the ASHRAE Standard 90.1 and the calibrated simulation regression method.
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Lebedeva, Kristina, Galina Kashkarova, Andrejs Snegirjovs, Peteris Shipkovs, and Martins Vanags. "Translucent component to provide thermal energy saving in buildings." In 18th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/erdev2019.18.n066.

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Catalin, Chera, and Petrescu Serban. "Saving energy in intelligent buildings with a SOA framework." In 2013 2nd International Conference on Systems and Computer Science (ICSCS). IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icconscs.2013.6632036.

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Reports on the topic "Energy-saving buildings"

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Roberts, D. R. Preliminary Assessment of the Energy-Saving Potential of Electrochromic Windows in Residential Buildings. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/969720.

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Lawrence, Tyson, and Kurt W. Roth. Commercial Building Toplighting: Energy Saving Potential and Potential Paths Forward. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), June 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1217901.

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Tan, Qing, Sha Yu, Meredydd Evans, Jyotirmay Mathur, and Linh D. Vu. Capturing Energy-Saving Opportunities: Improving Building Efficiency in Rajasthan through Energy Code Implementation. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), May 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1361999.

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Lu, Yan, Zhen Song, Vivian Loftness, Kun Ji, Sam Zheng, Bertrand Lasternas, Flore Marion, and Yu Yuebin. Advanced, Integrated Control for Building Operations to Achieve 40% Energy Saving. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), October 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1059657.

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Christian, Jeffrey E., and Jacob Bonar. Building a 40% Energy Saving House in the Mixed-Humid Climate. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), October 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1025816.

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Jacobsen, Grant, and Matthew Kotchen. Are Building Codes Effective at Saving Energy? Evidence from Residential Billing Data in Florida. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w16194.

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Zhou, Nan, Michael Mcneil, and Mark Levine. Assessment of Building Energy-Saving Policies and Programs in China During the 11th Five Year Plan. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), March 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1016711.

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Energy-Saving Homes, Buildings, & Manufacturing (Fact Sheet). Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), September 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1064537.

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