House Rating Schemes From Energy to Comfort Base /

• Main Author: Kordjamshidi, Maria (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Buildings.; Electric power production.; Building > Superintendence.; Construction industry > Management.; Construction superintendence.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Sustainable development.; Energy Technology.; Building Types and Functions.; Sustainable Development.; Construction Management.; Renewable and Green Energy.

"House Rating Schemes" provides information to students, architects and researchers in the field of the built environment. It reviews current House Rating Schemes (HRS) used in different countries and investigates how these schemes assess the thermal performance of a house. It challenges t...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• House Rating Schemes
• Thermal Comfort
• Modelling efficient building design: Efficiency for low energy or no energy?- Assembling a House Energy Ratings (HER) and House Free running Ratings (HFR) Scheme
• Appendix.