The aim of the study was to present the current status of the electrical energy market, energy legislation, green house … gas emissions, energy consumption trends and future prospects of sustainable development in Greece. The study described … current issues relevant to the renewable energy sources (RES) such as the climatic factors that affect the penetration of RES …

The built environment is responsible for significant use of final energy (62%) and is a major source of greenhouse gas … accurately assess the impacts from this sector. Research to date focuses on either individual buildings or on the urban level (e … impact category: induced impacts. This new framework is necessary to address actual patterns of construction (new buildings …

could have significant economic effects on both energy supply and demand sides. This shifting technique is accomplished by … storing energy during off-peak periods to be utilized during peak periods. The wallboard enhanced with PCM can provide latent … heat thermal energy storage (TES) distributed in the whole surface area of the building envelope and evade the enhanced …

Improving the efficiency and performance of the UK residential sector is now necessary for meeting future energy and … recommending cost effective improvements to building energy efficiency and lowering overall emissions. In the UK, building … particular, if the building stock is going to meet future energy and climate change targets the system driving building energy …

have been designed and constructed as low energy buildings, but there are very few studies on “traditional buildings”, that …This review summarizes and organizes the literature on life cycle assessment (LCA), life cycle energy analysis (LCEA …) and life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) studies carried out for environmental evaluation of buildings and building related …

therefore required to improve visual and thermal comfort of the occupants, whilst mitigating the energy consumption of buildings …Buildings play an important role in greenhouse gas emissions since they constitute a large proportion of the global … energy demand. This dramatic scenario is usually a consequence of poor thermal insulation characteristics of building fabric …

The purpose of this paper is to provide a source of information on thermal energy use in buildings, its drivers, and … their past, present and future trends on a global and regional basis. Energy use in buildings forms a large part of global … space per GDP, and specific energy consumption for commercial buildings. This paper also reviews the trends in the …

the combination of thermal energy storage with buildings is however lacking and it is therefore not an easy task to decide …Thermal Energy Storage (TES) has been a topic of research for quite some time and has proven to be a technology that … can have positive effects on the energy efficiency of a building by contributing to an increased share of renewable energy …

Lithuania has a strong dependence on foreign energy, mainly Russian oil and gas. The need for replacement of old … technologies compete for a role in the future energy supply in Lithuania. Lithuania adopted national energy independence strategy … in 2012 where construction of new NPP is being considered as the main way to increase energy independence however for …