Energy Performance of Residential Buildings
A Practical Guide for Energy Rating and Efficiency
Published on 1. December 2004
Book
Hardback
152 pages
978-1-902916-49-1 (ISBN)
Description
Energy Rating is a crucial consideration in modern building design, affirmed by the new EC Directive on the energy performance of buildings. Energy represents a high percentage of the running costs of a building, and has a significant impact on the comfort of the occupants. This book represents detailed information on energy rating of residential buildings, covering:
* Theoretical and experimental energy rating techniques: reviewing the state of the art and offering guidance on the in situ identification of the UA and gA values of buildings.
* New experimental protocols to evaluate energy performance: detailing a flexible new approach based on actual energy consumption. Data are collected using the Billed Energy Protocol (BEP) and Monitored Energy Protocol (MEP)
* Energy Normalization techniques: describing established methods plus a new Climate Severity Index, which offers significant benefits to the user.
Also included in this book are audit forms and a CD-ROM for applying the new rating methodology. The software, prepared in Excel, is easy to use, can be widely applied using both deterministic and experimental methods, and can be adapted to national peculiarities and energy policy criteria.
Energy Performance of Residential Buildings offers full and clear treatment of the key issues and will be an invaluable source of information for energy experts, building engineers, architects, physicists, project managers and local authorities.
The book stems from the EC-funded SAVE project entitled EUROCLASS. Participating institutes included:
* University of Athens, Greece
* Belgium Building Research Institute, Belgium
* University of Seville, Spain
* Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
* Theoretical and experimental energy rating techniques: reviewing the state of the art and offering guidance on the in situ identification of the UA and gA values of buildings.
* New experimental protocols to evaluate energy performance: detailing a flexible new approach based on actual energy consumption. Data are collected using the Billed Energy Protocol (BEP) and Monitored Energy Protocol (MEP)
* Energy Normalization techniques: describing established methods plus a new Climate Severity Index, which offers significant benefits to the user.
Also included in this book are audit forms and a CD-ROM for applying the new rating methodology. The software, prepared in Excel, is easy to use, can be widely applied using both deterministic and experimental methods, and can be adapted to national peculiarities and energy policy criteria.
Energy Performance of Residential Buildings offers full and clear treatment of the key issues and will be an invaluable source of information for energy experts, building engineers, architects, physicists, project managers and local authorities.
The book stems from the EC-funded SAVE project entitled EUROCLASS. Participating institutes included:
* University of Athens, Greece
* Belgium Building Research Institute, Belgium
* University of Seville, Spain
* Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-902916-49-1 (9781902916491)
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Mat Santamouris
Energy Performance of Residential Buildings
A Practical Guide for Energy Rating and Efficiency
Book
12/2004
1st Edition
Earthscan Ltd
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Person
The editor, Mat Santamouris, is a recognized expert in building physics and the application of solar and energy-efficiency technologies, Associate Professor in the Physics Department, University of Athens, Greece and Visiting Professor at the University of North London. He has had many books published in this field and is on the editorial board for four journals. Developed in the Euroclass project cofunded by the European Commission.
Content
Introduction to the Energy Rating of Buildings * Chapter 1: Review of selected theoretical and experimental techniques for energy characterization of buildings * State of the Art - Measurement Techniques * In Situ Evaluation of UA and gA Values - an Overview of Possibilities and Difficulties * Chapter 2: Experimental Methods for the Energy Characterization of Buildings * Chapter 3: Energy Normalization Techniques * Chapter 4: The Euroclass Method - description of the software * Chapter 5: Examples and Case Studies * Appendix 1 Audit form * Appendix 2 Energy Transmittance by Glazing and Shading Factors * Appendix 3 Estimated Average Fuel Combustion Efficiency of Common Heating Appliances * Index