Passive houses as affiliative objects: Investment calculations, energy modelling, and collaboration strategies of Swedish housing companies

Abstract In our days, energy issues belong to the most important problems facing the Earth and the solution may be expected partly from decreasing the amount of the energy used and partly from the increased utilisation of renewable energy resources. A substantial part of energy consumption is related to buildings and includes, inter alia, the use for cooling/heating, lighting and cooking purposes. In the view of the above, special attention has been paid to minimising the energy consumption of buildings since the late 1980s. Within the framework of that, the passive house was created, a building in which the thermal comfort can be achieved solely by postheating or postcooling of the fresh air mass without a need for recirculated air. The aim of the paper is to study the changes in the construction of passive houses over time. In addition, the differences between the geographical locations and the observable peculiarities with regard to the individual building types are also presented.

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Exploration of Teacher Collaboration Strategies during Instructional Design: A Systematic Meta-aggregative Review of Domestic Research

Korean Educational Research Association ◽

10.30916/kera.57.2.119 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 57 (2) ◽

pp. 119-146

Author(s):

Eun Sang Lee ◽

Hyeonjin Kim

Keyword(s):

Instructional Design ◽

Teacher Collaboration ◽

Collaboration Strategies

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Study of Optical and Thermoelectric Properties of ZYbI3 (Z = Rb, Cs) for Solar cells and renewable energy; Modelling by Density functional theory

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids ◽

10.1016/j.jpcs.2021.110117 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 110117

Author(s):

Q. Mahmood ◽

Umm-e-Hani ◽

Tahani I. Al-Muhimeed ◽

Abeer A. AlObaid ◽

Baktiar Ul Haq ◽

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Keyword(s):

Density Functional Theory ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Solar Cells ◽

Thermoelectric Properties ◽

Density Functional ◽

Functional Theory ◽

Energy Modelling

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A Review on Thermal Energy Modelling for Optimal Microgrids Management

Thermo ◽

10.3390/thermo1010006 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 63-76

Author(s):

Mengxuan Yan ◽

Dongxiao Wang ◽

Chun Sing Lai ◽

Loi Lei Lai

Keyword(s):

Energy Management ◽

Thermal Energy ◽

Critical Role ◽

Distribution Networks ◽

Energy Resources ◽

Future Research ◽

Renewable Energy Resources ◽

Energy Modelling ◽

Microgrid Energy Management ◽

Combined Cooling

Microgrids have become increasingly popular in recent years due to technological improvements, growing recognition of their benefits, and diminishing costs. By clustering distributed energy resources, microgrids can effectively integrate renewable energy resources in distribution networks and satisfy end-user demands, thus playing a critical role in transforming the existing power grid to a future smart grid. There are many existing research and review works on microgrids. However, the thermal energy modelling in optimal microgrid management is seldom discussed in the current literature. To address this research gap, this paper presents a detailed review on the thermal energy modelling application on the optimal energy management for microgrids. This review firstly presents microgrid characteristics. Afterwards, the existing thermal energy modeling utilized in microgrids will be discussed, including the application of a combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) and thermal comfort model to form virtual energy storage systems. Current trial programs of thermal energy modelling for microgrid energy management are analyzed and some challenges and future research directions are discussed at the end. This paper serves as a comprehensive review to the most up-to-date thermal energy modelling applications on microgrid energy management.

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