What is it about?

This paper discusses about the NZE standard and the potential of educational building in becoming NZE with consideration of financial assessment and LCC in the fulfillment of NZE standard.

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Why is it important?

Educational buildings are the third category of commercial buildings in the use of energy and considering their size, schedule flexibility and control system, there is a potential to both reduce energy and also generate energy onsite.

Perspectives

This is an interesting paper about cases of educational buildings in becoming NZE. It provides a complete picture of the approach in regards to energy use and generation with consideration of cost analysis which can be used an example for similar cases.

Mr aydin tabrizi
University of Kansas

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This page is a summary of: Life-cycle cost assessment and energy performance evaluation of NZEB enhancement for LEED-rated educational facilities, Advances in Building Energy Research, February 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2015.1014841.
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