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Life Cycle Assessment Of Low Cost Retrofit Options Of Educational Building Considering Renewable And Non‐Renewable Energies, Akram Avami, Atiyeh Soleimani Javid
Life Cycle Assessment Of Low Cost Retrofit Options Of Educational Building Considering Renewable And Non‐Renewable Energies, Akram Avami, Atiyeh Soleimani Javid
Life Cycle Assessment and Other Assessment Tools for Waste Management and Resource Optimization
Commercial and building sectors account for 34% of total energy consumption in Iran. Increasing demand of the level of comfort along with population growth necessitate much more attention about energy requirements in the country. Such phenomenons have already raised concerns about the security of energy supply and heavy environmental impacts. These concerns can significantly be reduced by implementing retrofit options in existing buildings.
The Department of Energy Engineering of Sharif University of Technology is selected as the case study with 181KWh/m2 annual heating and cooling demand, 29 KWh/m2 annual lightening and 15 KWh/m2 electrical appliances energy demand. Environmental concerns are …
Fulfilling The Promise Of The Paris Agreement: The Role Of Efficiency And Renewable Energy, Chuck Kutscher
Fulfilling The Promise Of The Paris Agreement: The Role Of Efficiency And Renewable Energy, Chuck Kutscher
CO2 Summit II: Technologies and Opportunities
Renewable energy, energy policy, energy efficiency, buildings
The rapid large-scale deployment of efficiency and renewable energy technologies is crucial to meeting the goals of the COP21 agreement. Key to achieving this is transitioning to zero-carbon cities comprised of highly efficient buildings powered by renewable electricity. This presentation will survey the current efficiency and renewable energy research underway at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory with special attention paid to zero-carbon buildings and the challenges of developing a renewable energy electric grid.