Benefits For Public Healthcare Buildings towards Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs): Initial Reviews

Abstract

NZEBs concept has received incrementing attention especially since European Union Parliament are progressively moving towards regulation in which all new buildings to be “nearly Zero-Energy” Buildings by 2020. Even though this concept delivers promising benefits, previous studies found that the benefit of NZEB is still in vague to the Malaysian construction industry, mostly for healthcare buildings. The NZEBs concept implementation is critical in healthcare building as it seen as a key part of the needed transition towards sustainable development. This paper aims to define benefits of NZEBs practices through initial investigation among architects. Several existing energies works of literature and pilot studies by using semi-structured interviews were conducted. The findings divulge that, although the term ‘NZEBs design strategies’ is not being used largely across construction industry in Malaysia, some sustainable practices related to the design stage of construction has been implemented. The findings are also promising in growing awareness, practices and implementation of NZEBs design strategies by the practitioner in Malaysia. It is foreseen that the paper will provide a straightforward knowledge for future research in NZEBs design strategies practices for healthcare buildings construction in Malaysia.

Advances Toward a Net-Zero Global Building Sector

“…Net-zero energy buildings were first defined around 2010 as those exchanging energy with the surrounding grids with an annual zero balance between exported and delivered energy (21,27), but also as buildings with reduced energy consumption due to the application of energy demand of HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) and due to the adoption of renewable energies and heat recovery technologies (27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32); moreover, net-zero energy buildings are recognized as typically being grid-connected (32)(33)(34). According to the literature, an energy plus building outperforms net-zero energy buildings by generating more energy than their residents require (21).…”

Intelligent Management of Distributed Energy Resources for Increased Resilience and Environmental Sustainability of Hospitals

“…This includes everything from a dispensary in a developing country that is just one room with the most basic provisions for minor treatments to the large hospitals of the developed countries that have capacities over 2000 patients providing state-of-the-art health services. At the same time, there is a global trend towards zero-energy or even positive-energy buildings (ZEHB/PEHB), including hospitals [1,2]; in various parts of the world, like the European Union, the regulations drive towards near-zero-energy buildings.…”

A változó városi környezet klimatikus és energetikai szempontú elemzése és modellezése

“…: Marszal et al, 2011;Perlova et al, 2015;Ürge-Vorsatz et al, 2020). A közel nulla és nettó nulla energiaigény elérhető az energiaigény csökkentésével, a fűtési és hűtési rendszerek fejlesztésével, megújuló energiaforrásból származó energiával (Voss et al, 2011;Kurnitski et al, 2011;Li et al, 2013;Cuce és Riffat, 2015;Martinez et al, 2019;Sulzakimin et al, 2020). A megújuló energiaforrások elterjedése elősegítheti az energiahatékonysági követelmények teljesítését, így már készült tanulmány olyan városról, aminek energiaellátása a helyi megújuló energiákon alapul (Thellufsen et al, 2020).…”