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Grid-Interactive Net Zero Energy Buildings

3 years ago

Grid-Interactive Net Zero Energy Buildings (G-NZEB) can be described as ‘highly energy-efficient, grid-connected buildings that meet their energy needs through renewable means, while maintaining a two-way communication with the grid’.…

Low Energy Thermally Comfortable NZEBs

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3 years ago

Low Energy Thermally Comfortable NZEBs Mr. Gian Modgil | CEO, Sterling India Consulting Engineers, Senior technical consultant at IFC, Regional Vice Chair – Government Affairs at ASHRAE RAL A Net…

The Passive House approach for warm climates

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3 years ago

The Passive House approach for warm climates Naman Sukhija | Designer, Passive House Institute Passive House is an internationally recognized, performance-based energy standard in construction. The Passive House concept is…

Evaporative cooling technology as a feasible and affordable solution for comfort cooling

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4 years ago

Evaporative cooling technology as a feasible and affordable solution for comfort cooling Shamkant Mirashi | Head, Arka Clean Technologies HVAC or air conditioning systems, being power guzzlers are considered a…

A paradigm for thermal comfort in tropics

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4 years ago

Wolfgang Kessling – Principal, Transsolar KlimaEngineering. There is a myth that ‘green’ design is at odds with architectural quality premised on the belief, that building performance can be delivered independently of architectural form. Architectural styles from around the world are replicated in the tropics…

Energy Conservation Building Code: Using the code to achieve energy efficiency in NZEBs

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4 years ago

Mr Sanjay Seth |Director of the Sustainable Habitat Division with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), CEO of GRIHA Council Fundamentals of net zero energy buildings underline the primacy of…

Be Lean, Be Mean and Be Green – Strategy for Design and Performance of NZEB

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4 years ago

Dr Satish Kumar | PhD and LEED Fellow |President and Executive Director of the Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE) To me, a Net or Near Zero Energy Building…

What is net zero building?

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4 years ago

Mr Sanjay Prakash | Director, SHiFT It has become trendy in the last few years to talk of ‘net-zero’ buildings, even ‘net-positive’ buildings. While the idea of a building being…

Promoting Use of Solar Air-conditioning in Net Zero Energy Buildings

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4 years ago

Dr Jyotirmay Mathur | Faculty, MNIT While net zero energy buildings are making their space in the building sector in India, the next logical step in this direction is to…

Multiplying Zero Buildings: A survey of the issues

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4 years ago

Prasad Vaidya |Director, Solar Decathlon India A Net Zero Energy (NZE) Building produces as much renewable energy as it consumes over the course of a year. Behind the NZE concept…