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Overview and future challenges of nearly zero energy buildings (nZEB) design in Southern Europe
Maurizio CelluraViorel BadescuMaria BetsiJuan Maria Hidalgo-betanzosMarco António Pedrosa Santos FerreiraRuxandra CrutescuRodolphe MorlotShady AttiaLorenzo PaglianoPolyvios EleftheriouChristophe MenezoTudor BaracuFlouris XeniManuela Guedes De AlmeidaV. KostopoulosIakovos Kalaitzoglousubject
EngineeringArchitectural engineeringEPBD020209 energy02 engineering and technologyThermal comfortCivil Engineering7. Clean energy11. SustainabilityWarm climate0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringRetrofittingElectrical and Electronic EngineeringEmpirical evidenceNearly zero energy building (nZEB)Civil and Structural EngineeringSettore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica AmbientaleScience & TechnologyZero-energy buildingGreat TransitionRenovationbusiness.industryMechanical EngineeringEnvironmental resource managementBuilding and ConstructionFuel poverty13. Climate actionConstruction quality; EPBD; Fuel poverty; Nearly zero energy building (nZEB); Net zero energy building (NZEB); Renovation; Thermal comfort; Warm climate; Civil and Structural Engineering; Building and Construction; Mechanical Engineering; Electrical and Electronic EngineeringConstruction qualityEngineering and TechnologyNet zero energy building (NZEB)businessFuel povertyEfficient energy usedescription
In times of great transition of the European construction sector to energy efficient and nearly zero energy buildings (nZEB), a market observation containing qualitative and quantitative indications should help to fill out some of the current gaps concerning the EU 2020 carbon targets. Next to the economic challenges, there are equally important factors that hinder renovating the existing residential building stock and adding newly constructed high performance buildings. Under these circumstances this paper summarises the findings of a cross-comparative study of the societal and technical barriers of nZEB implementation in 7 Southern European countries. The study analyses the present situation and provides an overview on future prospects for nZEB in Southern Europe. The result presents an overview of challenges and provides recommendations based on available empirical evidence to further lower those barriers in the European construction sector. The paper finds that the most Southern European countries are poorly prepared for nZEB implementation and especially to the challenge opportunity of retrofitting existing buildings. Creating a common approach to further develop nZEB targets, concepts and definitions in synergy with the climatic, societal and technical state of progress in Southern Europe is essential. The paper provides recommendations for actions to shift the identified gaps into opportunities for future development of climate adaptive high performance buildings. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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| 2017-11-15 |