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Pathway to Green Buildings: A Zero-Carbon Revolution
The Energy Transitions Commission report outlines strategies to decarbonize the global buildings sector, highlighting ...
Concordia University7mon
How Varennes Library achieves net-zero energy, and its lessons for future city building
The Varennes Library, the first institutional net-zero energy building in Canada. COURTESY OF VARENNES LIBRARY One cutting-edge example is the Varennes Library, located in Varennes, Quebec and the ...
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Novartis Pavillon – Zero-Energy Media Facade
Where sunlight becomes art: the zero-energy media facade of the Novartis ... and requires no additional power which sets an example for future buildings." ...
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To achieve net zero energy status, solar-powered buildings should not exceed 10 floors
“Net-zero energy performance in all-electric buildings ... as other systems in a building, for example HVAC, require some of the available areas.” They concluded that, in order to become ...
Boston will require new buildings to hit net zero standards
The Boston Zoning Commission on Wednesday approved the long-debated rules that require newly constructed buildings to reduce ...
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Latent heat thermal storage with PV for nearly zero-energy buildings
Researchers at Politecnico di Torino in Italy are testing how latent heat thermal storage (LHTS) could be used in combination with rooftop PV to achieve nearly zero-energy buildings (NZEB).