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Nearly Zero Energy Communities

Proceedings of the Conference for Sustainable Energy (CSE) 2017

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  • © 2018

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  1. Ion Visa

    1. Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania

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  2. Anca Duta

    1. Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania

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Table of contents (51 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Nearly Zero Energy Buildings and Communities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Implementing Renewable Energy Systems in Nearly Zero Energy Communities

      • Ion Visa, Anca Duta, Macedon Moldovan, Bogdan Burduhos
      Pages 3-24

    3. Refurbishment Solutions for Public Buildings Towards Nearly Zero Energy Performance

      • Laura Aelenei, Helder Gonçalves
      Pages 25-38

    4. Renewable Energy Management Using Embedded Smart Systems

      • Viorel Miron-Alexe, Iulian Bancuta, Nicolae Vasile
      Pages 39-49

    5. The Role of Energy Management Systems in nZEB and nZEC

      • Bogdan Burduhos, Anca Duta, Macedon Moldovan
      Pages 50-69

    6. EfDeN Prototype - A Sustainable and Low Energy Consumption House Presented at Solar Decathlon 2014

      • Tiberiu Catalina, Mihai Baiceanu, Eduard-Daniel Raducanu, Mihai Toader Pasti, Claudiu Butacu
      Pages 70-79

    7. Building with the Sun. Passive Solar Daylighting Systems in Architecture

      • Ana-Maria Dabija
      Pages 80-88

    8. Energy Initiatives in Europe

      • Yoram Krozer
      Pages 89-101

    9. Energy Consumption in Buildings. Performance Breakdown Analysis Considering the Building Services Efficiency and the Usage Pattern

      • Eugen Mandric, Mugurel-Florin Talpiga, Florin Iordache
      Pages 102-119

    10. On the Problem of the Contemporary Building Energy Systems

      • Nicolay Mihailov, Ognyan Dinolov, Katerina Gabrovska-Evstatieva, Boris Evstatiev
      Pages 120-128

    11. Renewable Energy Systems for a Multi-family Building Community

      • Macedon Moldovan, Ion Visa
      Pages 129-147

    12. Sustainable Solutions for Extensive Retrofitting of Residential Buildings Built in the 1970s

      • Daniel Muntean, Viorel Ungureanu
      Pages 148-158

    13. Materials from Renewable Sources as Thermal Insulation for Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB)

      • Cristian Petcu, Horia-Alexandru Petran, Vasilica Vasile, Mihai-Constantin Toderasc
      Pages 159-167

    14. Evaluation of Material Compositions of Sloping Roofs from Environmental and Energy Perspectives

      • Silvia Vilcekova, Eva Kridlova Burdova, Marek Kusnir
      Pages 168-178

    15. Solutions to Reduce Energy Consumption in Buildings. Green Roofs Made up of Succulent Plants

      • Ileana Nicolae, Sorina Petra
      Pages 179-197

  3. Solar Heating and Cooling in Buildings and Communities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
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    2. Simulation-Based Investigation of the Air Velocity in a Naturally Ventilated BIPV System

      • Rafaela Agathokleous, Soteris Kalogirou
      Pages 201-217

    3. Design Aspects of Building Integrated Solar Tile Collectors

      • Istvan Fekete, Istvan Farkas
      Pages 218-226

    4. Modelling and Simulation of the Solar - Biomass Base Heating System for Low Energy Buildings Developed for Rural Area

      • Sándor Bartha, Boglárka Vajda
      Pages 227-238
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About this book

This book addresses the main challenges in implementing the concepts that aim to replace the regular fossil-fuels based energy pattern with the novel energy pattern relying on renewable energy. As the built environment is one major energy consumer, well known and exploited by each community member, the challenges addressing the built environment has to be solved with the consistent contribution of the community inhabitants and its administration. The transition phase, which already is under implementation, is represented by the Nearly Zero Energy Communities (nZEC). From the research topics towards the large scale implementation, the nZEC concept is analyzed in this book, starting with the specific issues of the sustainable built environment, beyond the Nearly Zero Energy Buildings towards a more integrated view on the community (Chapter1) and followed by various implementation concepts for renewable heating & cooling (Chapter 2), for renewable electrical energy production at communitylevel (Chapter 3) and for sustainable water use and reuse (Chapter 4). As the topic is still new, specific instruments supporting education and training (Chapter 5) are needed, aiming to provide the knowledge that can drive the communities in the near future and is expected to increase the acceptance towards renewable energy implemented at community level.

The sub-chapters of this book are the proceedings of the 5th edition of the  Conference for Sustainable Energy, during 19-21 October 2017, organized by the R&D Centre Renewable Energy Systems and Recycling, in the R&D Institute of the Transilvania University of Brasov.

This event was organized under the patronage of the International Federation for the Science of Machines and Mechanisms (IFToMM) - the Technical Committee Sustainable Energy Systems, of the European Sustainable Energy Alliance (ESEIA) and of the Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences.

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  • Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania

    Ion Visa, Anca Duta

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