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Low interest rates provide a stimulus but can also create risks

Koskinen, Kimmo; Taipalus, Katja - In: Bank of Finland bulletin (2015) 2, pp. 55-60

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Residential energy efficiency retrofits : potential unintended consequences

Collins, Matthew; Dempsey, Seraphim - 2017

overheating. We show that without the provision of adequate ventilation, increased air tightness can result in higher levels of … result in increased signal attenuation and overheating. We detail the policy implications of these findings and outline …

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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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The 1990’s financial crises in Nordic countries

Honkapohja, Seppo - Suomen Pankki - 2009

The current financial crisis, which has lasted almost one and a half years, 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 1980's and early 1990’s among the Big Five crises that have...

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THE STABILITY OF LIQUID EVAPORATION EQUILIBRIUM

ZHANG, SHIMIN - In: Surface Review and Letters (SRL) 12 (2005) 01, pp. 115-121

For the evaporation of the pure liquid under the condition of constant temperature and constant external pressure, the phase equilibrium of the liquid vapor in the bubble and the liquid outside the bubble is always a kind of stable equilibrium whether there is air or not in the bubble. If there...

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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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Methods for assessing domestic overheating for future building regulation compliance

Jenkins, D.P.; Ingram, V.; Simpson, S.A.; Patidar, S. - In: Energy Policy 56 (2013) C, pp. 684-692

to show increased risk to overheating. There is therefore a growing requirement for a suitable industry standard to … assess overheating risk in the domestic sector, ensuring that both new dwellings and refurbishments to existing dwellings … series of different summertime overheating analyses. Using simple overheating definitions, a case-study dwelling is simulated …

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