proposed energy-saving measures; building envelope design is considered to be a typical energy-saving technique. A significant … goal in achieving greener buildings is learning how to reduce a building’s energy consumption by applying an efficient … results indicate that window shading has the most significant impact on a building’s overall energy consumption, followed by …

have led to a sharp contraction in building activity, after a long period of growth. This is, therefore, a good time to …

Although social, economic, and cultural indicators are of substantial importance to the concept of sustainable building …, this concept is usually related to environmental characteristics. Any building level assessment method is complex and … sustainability assessment of a whole building are presented, based on a state of the art, feasibility study on performance analysis …

in building construction in Kerala. [Working Paper No. 030] …

future thermal standard of buildings in Algeria. The actual state of building sector is briefly presented as well as national …

is designed to replace such energy that is used. The recently completed building is now subject of a comprehensive … conditions within the building as a whole. Hour by hour findings are posted on a dedicated web site. Photovoltaics could have the … same impact on building form and layout as the invention of the passenger lift at the end of the last century. …

cost because the cost is very expensive compared with conventional power generation methods. The cost of building materials … integrated PV modules can be at least partially offsetted by replacing building materials with PV modules, so PV modules … integrated with building are extremely effective for cost reduction. In addition, the reduction of installing cost can be …

The paper analyzes methodological approaches to building Russian cities agglomeration and their governance. Here a city …