resources in buildings. The paper also describes how to combine hybrid renewable heating systems, such as hybrid solar thermal …

, some municipalities, insurance companies and banks set a target that by 2009, all new buildings and 30% of existing Swedish … buildings should be rated using a voluntary environmental rating tool. In a major research programme finished in 2008, a tool … directed towards the first generation of such tools. At the time of writing, the first buildings have received official ratings …

performance buildings. Instead of maximizing the barrier between buildings and the environment using thick insulation, low exergy … buildings using moderate supply temperatures and heat pumps that exploit more valuable anergy sources. Our implementation of …

buildings, both drivers contributed to new cooling installations that are significantly increasing electricity demand and peak … increased. The development of sustainable buildings and the use of renewable energy sources (RES) seem to be promising solutions …

, ventilation and air conditioning) in buildings entails a considerable difficulty, because efficiency and economic aspects …

to the production of buildings. In this paper we assess the Swedish building sector using top-down input–output analysis … production phase to the use phase of buildings such errors are likely to result in an underestimation of the relative importance …

Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and Council on the Energy Performance of Buildings has led to major … methodology to calculate energy performance of buildings under standardised operating conditions. Overwhelming evidence suggests …

buildings within the EIC, are modeled across the three EIC time zones using the future climate from 100 target region locations …