CC-BYNatural ventilation has been used widely in buildings to deliver a healthy and comfortable indoor environment for occupants. It also reduces the consumption of energy in the built environment and dilutes the concentration of carbon dioxide. Various methods and techniques have been used to evaluate …

District heating (DH) has a major potential to increase the efficiency, security, and sustainability of energy management at the community scale. However, there is a huge challenge for decision makers due to the lack of knowledge about thermal energy demand during a year.  https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/17/546 …

Goede ventilatie in gebouwen bevordert de gezondheid. In de huidige coronatijd is goed ventilerennog belangrijker geworden. Het reduceert virusconcentraties in de lucht en daarmee de kansop virusoverdracht. Het advies in deze tijd luidt: ventileren en nog eens ventileren met versebuitenlucht. Benut pauzes …

On the 11th of March, just a few days aheadof COVID – 19, the team working on the ELISEUse Case “Comparative analysis of differentmethodologies and datasets for EnergyPerformance Labelling of buildings” organizedthe 2nd European SimStadt workshop atSaxion University of Applied Sciences inEnschede, hosted …

U wilt in een energiezuinig, of wellicht energieneutraal huis wonen. U wilt uw woning zo aanpassen dat deze klaar is voor de toekomst. U heeft hierbij uw persoonlijke wensen en ideeën, maar ook nog vragen. Op het gebied van energiezuinig verbouwen zijn er veel mogelijkheden. De kieswijzer laat u de drie …

The adaptivity of façades is increasingly recognized as an important functional feature to be integrated with the state-of–the-art building technology. The aim is thereby to control its reversible system states in real-time to adapt to current indoor and outdoor conditions. Concepts reported elsewhere …

Dark homogenous fungal-based layers called biofinishes and vegetable oils are keyingredients of an innovative wood protecting system. The aim of this study was todetermine which of the vegetable oils that have been used to generate biofinishes onwood will provide carbon and energy for the biofinish-inhabiting …