The Value of Net Zero Energy Renovations

There are more and more smart technological solutions on the market for the Net Zero Energy Refurbishment of the current building stock. The Delft University of Technology developed a Net Zero Energy Renovation (NZER) concept as part of the Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 competition: Prêt-à-Loger. Many other NZER concepts are developed within...

Low Exergy Renovation: Optimizing retrofitting of buildings through exergy analysis on single houses and up-scaled design solutions

Improvement on effectiveness provided by an exergy analysis used in a renovation design. An exergy analysis of the Prêt-à-Loger house (TU Delft, Green Village) is done with dynamic calculations using TRNSYS software. From this analysis an exergy optimized version of the renovation concept is provided, with insight on the potential effectiveness...