Overview
- Explains the critical issues when applying commonly adopted simplifications to building energy-performance assessment in warmer climates
- Suggests effective building solutions beyond those provided by the common standards
- Presents case studies with numerous graphs and tables that can be easily adopted as design advice tools
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
Part of the book sub series: PoliMI SpringerBriefs (BRIEFSPOLIMI)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Keywords
- Building Energy Models
- Building Thermal Performance
- Building thermal balance assessment
- Climate-related building energy needs
- Heat transfer through building envelope
- Building heat capacity
- Typical buildings of Southern Europe
- Operative temperature in buildings
- Building energy performance in Southern Europe
- Dynamic thermal behaviour of buildings
- Building energy need and consumption
- Adaptive comfort approach
- Italian climatic context
- Building envelopes in Southern Europe
- Buildings in Mediterranean area
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Building Energy Performance Assessment in Southern Europe
Authors: Simone Ferrari, Valentina Zanotto
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24136-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-24134-0Published: 27 October 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-24136-4Published: 16 October 2015
Series ISSN: 2191-530X
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5318
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 127
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 76 illustrations in colour
Topics: Energy Efficiency, Building Physics, HVAC, Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer