Renewable energy sources for buildings.

This guidance has been produced as part of the CIBSE's response to a growing need to reduce carbon emissions from buildings. Several renewable energy technologies can be successfully integrated into buildings and developments if they are considered in the early stages of the planning and design...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, [2006]
SeriesTM (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) ; 38.
Subjects
Renewable energy sources.
Buildings > Energy conservation.
Sustainable buildings.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781680150162
1680150162
1903287731
9781903287736
Physical Description1 online resource (26 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Purpose of this publication: Printed guidance ; Software tool ; Target audience
  • 2. Context: What are low or zero carbon energy technologies? ; Building-integrated LZC energy sources ; Guidance and regulations surrounding LZC energy sources ; Building energy efficiency versus renewable energy ; Low energy building design ; How to select LZC technologies
  • 3. How to use the decision support tool: Comparison of relative performance ; Initial technology assessment
  • 4. Low or zero carbon technologies: Technologies covered by this guidance ; Solar thermal ; Photovoltaics (PV) ; District heating and cooling ; Combined heat and power ; Ground source cooling ; Ground source heat pumps ; Wind power ; Biofuels
  • 5. Supplementary technologies: Energy storage ; Inverters and synchronisation ; Absorption cooling.

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