Selection of micro-cogeneration for net zero energy buildings (NZEB) using weighted energy matching index

The overall renewable energy fraction: An alternative performance indicator for evaluating Net Zero Energy Buildings

“…Even if load-grid match is of increased importance [12,13,23,24], this does not constitute the main research issue of this paper. Whenever other energy carriers are used besides electricity, it is noteworthy that even if D = E, the electricity generation can be higher than the energy used and, therefore, the remaining is exported.…”

Low-energy residential buildings in New Borg El Arab: Simulation and survey based energy assessment

“…The simulation tool used was TRNSYS v. 17 [27] and TRNBuild [28], which is a TRNSYS tool, to assess respectively the energy production and consumption of the systems, including PV and solar thermal ones, and the thermal energy needs in the building. TRNSYS has been used for similar purposes in a number of previous studies [29][30][31][32].…”

A review on hybrid optimization algorithms to coalesce computational morphogenesis with interactive energy consumption forecasting

“…In other words, this European Directive on energy efficiency of buildings (EPBD) requires member states to ensure that on 1st January 2021, all new buildings have an energy "almost zero" consumption in order to obtain the nZEB label [12,13]. The aim of this directive is to enhance interdisciplinary research on building applications sharing knowledge about products, systems, conceptual methods and innovative techniques that combine low energy consumption, renewable energy and industrialization [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. Hence, as we understand, the first step, to achieve nZEB levels of energy consumption consists in designing buildings with high thermal storage and load shifting potential.…”