The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has estimated that the Mediterranean region could experiencean increase in annual mean temperatures up to 4.5 C by 2080. Within the same time frame the fossil fuel stocks are predicted to diminish resulting in ever increasingfuel prices. Furthermore, there is continuous political pressure to impose greenhouse gas levies and quotas for industries and services alike, thus adding into their operationalexpenditures should they exceed their carbon quotas.
New Academic direction- threat or opportunity Industrial academics or sponsorship of higher education Across the world there is a new ‘breed of academics’ emerging, one’s that are closely linked to practice or the industry. Industry or practice sponsored
This study presents the print office building E&B Engelhardtund Bauer GmbH in Karlsruhe, Germany before the refurbishment, the applied energy concept and first monitoring results from the operation of the low-energy cooling system employing night ventilation and ground cooling. The common low-rise office building has been converted into a prestigious 2?storey building.
The building and construction sector is a key sector for sustainable development. In response to the demand for evaluation and management of buildings environmental performance several tools and methodologies have been developed and implemented to building construction aiming sustainable performance. The paper is focusing on rating systems analysis, comparison and implementationfor buildings environmental performance. Criteriafor rating systems evaluation are set, while the most representative rating systems such as BREEAM and LEED were implemented to office building in Greece.
PREA is a joint project between four European Universitiesand three African Universities as well as the InternationalSolar Energy Society (ISES), an international NGO, that promotes renewable energy.
This paper examines aspects of energy performance of office building facades in urban environment in Greece. Two double skin facade (DSF) types were placed to a conventional office building and were compared. A corridorDSF type and a continuous DSF type. Opaque and transparent faade elements, shading devices, internal and external openings were examined among others. The ventilation and shading strategies were validated, exploiting the characteristics of the DFS types and the specific use of the building.
Speaking about dialogue of authority and business, it is necessary to not forget, that besides it is necessary to consider both opinion and our inhabitants – for whom, first of all, we and work.
The Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) is an importantdeterminant in the comfort and hence productivity of workers in office buildings, and a number of studieshave been undertaken in the Western world which shows this. This paper explores the Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) in six office buildings in Tehran (Iran) with particular attention to thermal comfort.
Nightcooling is worldwide promoted as an effective tool to reduce cooling demands. However, it is clear that as long as the potential of nightcooling is not standardintegrated into energy performance calculations of buildings, its application will be strongly hampered. Firstly, practical experiences with nightcooling in an office are discussed. Secondly, it is found that of the countries analysed, only in the French energy performancelegislation (RT2005) the effect of a nightcooling system can be taken into account without the need of the principle of equivalence.
The paper describes a proposal for low-cost, low embodiedenergy, passively-cooled social housing in Limassol, Cyprus, using a simple universally available recycled prefabricationsystem. This system, using redundant shipping containers, has already been developed by the authors.The systems strategies, with regard to the choice of materials and their consequent transportation; its simpleconstruction method and very short time of erection and its provision for recycling and minimum waste, are inherently sustainable.
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