As Korea has declared to realize a net-zero emission by 2050 in the Paris Agreement, country begun implement national energy efficiency policies through Green Standard for Energy and Environmental Design (G-SEED) certification revision of building insulation thickness standard. However, some studies have reported ineffectiveness G-SEED standard reducing consumption certain buildings. Therefore,...

The increase in global surface temperatures will surpass the 2 °C target set by Paris Agreement unless carbon emissions are lowered to zero 2050. To date, building sector is responsible for 38% of all emissions, thus one main targets represented development strategies that can facilitate transition toward carbon-neutral buildings. today nearly energy buildings (nZEBs), (ZEBs)/net (NZEBs) and ne...

The need for efficient buildings to contribute sustainable development has led the proposal of goals and regulations in different countries linked net zero energy objectives, following approaches specific their regions. Such are not yet developed a developing country such as Panama. Thus, this study develops first framework Zero Energy Districts (ZED) Panama based on passive active solutions th...

Community-scale modeling is a rapidly growing area of interest for planners, policy makers, and researchers. There are, however, few software tools that enable large-scale parametric studies of communities based on detailed energy models of buildings. This paper presents a tool called Params-NZP for automatically generating and running full EnergyPlus models for the parametric analysis of entir...

The recast of the energy performance of buildings directive (EPBD) describes a comparative methodological framework to promote energy efficiency and establish minimum energy performance requirements in buildings at the lowest costs. The aim of the cost-optimal methodology is to foster the achievement of nearly zero energy buildings (nZEBs), the new target for all new buildings by 2020, characte...