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Comfort settings and energy demand for residential nZEB in warm climates

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  • Guillén-Lambea, Silvia
  • Rodríguez-Soria, Beatriz
  • Marín, José M.

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Building policies worldwide are becoming more demanding in terms of improving the energy performance of buildings to ensure that the target for nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEB) will be reached.

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  • Guillén-Lambea, Silvia & Rodríguez-Soria, Beatriz & Marín, José M., 2017. "Comfort settings and energy demand for residential nZEB in warm climates," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 202(C), pages 471-486.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:202:y:2017:i:c:p:471-486
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.05.163
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