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The socio-economic, dwelling and appliance related factors affecting electricity consumption in domestic buildings

Jones, Rory V.; Fuertes, Alba; Lomas, Kevin J. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 43 (2015) C, pp. 901-917

This paper aims to investigate the socio-economic, dwelling and appliance related factors that have significant or non-significant effects on domestic electricity consumption. To achieve this aim, a comprehensive literature review of international research investigating these factors was...

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The Effects of Air Permeability, Background Ventilation and Lifestyle on Energy Performance, Indoor Air Quality and Risk of Condensation in Domestic Buildings

Hashemi, Arman; Khatami, Narguess - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 4, pp. 4022-4034

Effective and efficient ventilation is essential when improving energy performance and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) of buildings. Reducing air permeability can considerably improve the energy performance of buildings; however, making the buildings more airtight may result in lower rates of natural...

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Assessing river flood risk and adaptation in Europe—review of projections for the future

Kundzewicz, Zbigniew; Lugeri, Nicola; Dankers, Rutger; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 15 (2010) 7, pp. 641-656

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¿Hablamos del cambio climático?

Alonso Oroza, Alonso Oroza Sergio - Fundación BBVA

Se entiende por cambio climático el cambio de clima que está experimentando el planeta desde el inicio de la revolución industrial como consecuencia, en parte, de la actividad humana. Este fenómeno, debido a que se puede percibir a lo largo de la vida de una persona, ha trascendido del campo...

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Developing a probabilistic tool for assessing the risk of overheating in buildings for future climates

Jenkins, David P.; Patidar, Sandhya; Banfill, Phil; … - In: Renewable Energy 61 (2014) C, pp. 7-11

The effect of projected climate change on building performance is currently a growing research area. Building designers and architects are becoming more concerned that buildings designed for the current climate might not provide adequate working and living environments in the coming decades....

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Overheating and daylighting in commercial buildings

De Herde, A.; Nihoul, A. - In: Renewable Energy 5 (1994) 5, pp. 917-919

The main purposes to be pursued in the climatic conception of commercial buildings are to reduce heat loads, to allow good exploitation of natural light and ventilation in order to be able to avoid or reduce the use of air-conditionning. The cooling and daylighting strategies are privileged, as...

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Simple statistical model for complex probabilistic climate projections: Overheating risk and extreme events

Patidar, Sandhya; Jenkins, David; Banfill, Phil; … - In: Renewable Energy 61 (2014) C, pp. 23-28

) Project, explores the consequent risk of overheating and the vulnerability of a building to extreme events. A simple … overheating period (May–October) and over 3000 equally probable future climates. Frequency of extreme heat events in changing … climate and its impact on overheating issues for a virtual case study domestic house has been analyzed. Results are presented …

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Saving energy in residential buildings: The use of fully reversible windows

Gugliermetti, F.; Bisegna, F. - In: Energy 32 (2007) 7, pp. 1235-1247

New double-glazed window systems based on the possibility of reversing the window through its sash could be in a short time a reality.

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Effect of air gap on the performance of building-integrated photovoltaics

Gan, Guohui - In: Energy 34 (2009) 7, pp. 913-921

overheating. It has been found that the mean PV temperature and the maximum PV temperature associated with hot spots decrease with … overheating of PV modules and hot spots near the top of modules requires a minimum air gap of 0.12–0.15m for multiple module …

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Financial crises: Lessons from the Nordic experience

Honkapohja, Seppo - In: Journal of Financial Stability 13 (2014) C, pp. 193-201

The current financial crisis is the 19th such crisis in the post-war period in advanced economies. Recent literature classifies the Nordic crises in Norway, Sweden and Finland in late 1980s and early 1990s among the Big Five crises that have happened before the current crisis, which is now of a...

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