Achieving near Zero and Positive Energy Settlements in Europe using Advanced Energy Technology

Deliverables

Documents, reports (16)

Development of a framework for reliability-centred maintenance of NZE settlements

Development of a framework for reliability-centred maintenance of NZE settlements. Periodic Deliverable: An updated version of this deliverable will be submitted in Month 45.

Technical guidelines for designing NZE settlements in Europe

Report: Analysis of the business case for the application of the technologies and processes developed in the project

Sample Business plan for commercial-scale implementation of the technologies and processes developed in the project

Advanced Strategy for Dissemination

Updated strategy for dissemination, revisiting of target groups, linking exploitation with dissemination.

Report on the Energy Performance Analysis of the 4 Settlements

A full report of the outdoor energy technologies and renewable systems at NZE settlement including energy and environmental details about innovative solutions to be implemented in common areas

Report: Market analysis of trends in the construction of residential highly energy performing buildings

Report: Market analysis of trends in the construction of non-residential and residential highly energy performing buildings

Effective monitoring protocols to be implemented in the outdoor areas of each settlement and an overall report about technical details and motivation of selected procedures

Second report of dissemination activity

Report: Summary of current state of the art on near zero energy settlements in Europe

Summary of current state of the art on near zero energy settlements in Europe

Report: Analysis of the market potential within the EU 28 for ‘nearly zero-energy’ buildings constructed using the concepts developed in the project

A written report on the combined energy and environmental performance of the proposed energy production and management technologies

First report of dissemination activity

Final dissemination plan

A report on the expected energy and environmental performance of each energy production and energy management technology

Other (3)

Design of a monitoring framework for performance assessment during operation

Development and operation of a performance analysis platform for real-time assessment of NZE settlements

Development of intelligent models for real-time performance assessment of NZE settlements

Development of intelligent models for real-time performance assessment of NZE settlements. Periodic Deliverable: An updated version of this deliverable will be submitted in Month 45.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Implementation of project website

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (11)

Towards Zero Energy Settlements – A brief note on commissioning and POE within the EU ZeroPlus Settlements

Author(s): Isaac A. Meir, Shabtai Isaac, Denia Kolokotsa, Konstantinos Gobakis, Gloria Pignatta
Published in: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 410, 2020, Page(s) 012038, ISSN 1755-1315
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/410/1/012038

Influence of microclimate boundary conditions in net zero energy settlements on HVAC efficiency

Author(s): Matteo Di Grazia, Cristina Piselli, Anna Laura Pisello
Published in: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 609, 2019, Page(s) 072046, ISSN 1757-899X
Publisher: IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/609/7/072046

How outdoor microclimate mitigation affects building thermal-energy performance: A new design-stage method for energy saving in residential near-zero energy settlements in Italy

Author(s): Veronica Lucia Castaldo, Anna Laura Pisello, Cristina Piselli, Claudia Fabiani, Franco Cotana, Mattheos Santamouris
Published in: Renewable Energy, 127, 2018, Page(s) 920-935, ISSN 0960-1481
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.04.090

Design and development of a Web based GIS platform for zero energy settlements monitoring

Author(s): Kostas Gobakis, Aggeliki Mavrigiannaki, Kostas Kalaitzakis, Dionysia-Denia Kolokotsa
Published in: Energy Procedia, 134, 2017, Page(s) 48-60, ISSN 1876-6102
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.598

Assessing energy use and overheating risk in net zero energy dwellings in UK

Author(s): Gupta, R., Gregg, M.
Published in: Energy and Buildings, 2018, ISSN 0378-7788
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1037560

Achieving nearly zero energy buildings in Cyprus, through building performance simulations, based on the use of innovative energy technologies

Author(s): Marina Kyprianou Dracou, Mat Santamouris, Costas N. Papanicolas
Published in: Energy Procedia, 134, 2017, Page(s) 636-644, ISSN 1876-6102
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.578

Combined Effect of Outdoor Microclimate Boundary Conditions on Air Conditioning System’s Efficiency and Building Energy Demand in Net Zero Energy Settlements

Author(s): Cristina Piselli, Matteo Di Grazia, Anna Laura Pisello
Published in: Sustainability, 12/15, 2020, Page(s) 6056, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su12156056

A Conceptual Design of an Integrated Façade System to Reduce Embodied Energy in Residential Buildings

Author(s): Wen Pan, Kepa Iturralde, Thomas Bock, Roberto Garay Martinez, Olga Macias Juez, Pietro Finocchiaro
Published in: Sustainability, 12/14, 2020, Page(s) 5730, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su12145730

Measurement and Verification of Zero Energy Settlements: Lessons Learned from Four Pilot Cases in Europe

Author(s): Angeliki Mavrigiannaki, Kostas Gobakis, Dionysia Kolokotsa, Kostas Kalaitzakis, Anna Laura Pisello, Cristina Piselli, Rajat Gupta, Matt Gregg, Marina Laskari, Maria Saliari, Margarita-Niki Assimakopoulos, Afroditi Synnefa
Published in: Sustainability, 12/22, 2020, Page(s) 9783, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su12229783

Examining the benefits and barriers for the implementation of net zero energy settlements

Author(s): A. Mavrigiannaki, G. Pignatta, M. Assimakopoulos, M. Isaac, R. Gupta, D. Kolokotsa, M. Laskari, M. Saliari, I.A. Meir, S. Isaac
Published in: Energy and Buildings, 230, 2021, Page(s) 110564, ISSN 0378-7788
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110564

Cost-Optimal Net Zero Energy Communities

Author(s): Shabtai Isaac, Slava Shubin, Gad Rabinowitz
Published in: Sustainability, 12/6, 2020, Page(s) 2432, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su12062432

Conference proceedings (12)

An Integrated Design Approach for Planning the Measurement and Verification of Zero Energy Settlements

Author(s): Mavrigiannaki, Angeliki; Gobakis, Kostas; Kolokotsa, Denia; Kalaitzakis, Kostas
Published in: The International Conference on Innovative Applied Energy (IAPE'19), 7, 2019, Page(s) 1-7, ISBN 978-1-912532-05-6
Publisher: IAPE '19
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2601619

Assessing the occurrence of summertime overheating in occupied and unoccupied low energy homes

Author(s): Gupta Rajat; Gregg Matt; Bruce-Konuah
Published in: Passive and Low Energy Architecture, 2, 2017
Publisher: PLEA
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1037561

Control and Optimization Tools for the Incorporation of Innovative Technologies in Net Zero Energy Settlement Design

Author(s): Shubin, Slava; Isaac, Shabtai; Rabinowitz, Gad
Published in: Proceedings of the 34th International Sympposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, 2, 2017
Publisher: Tribun EU, s.r.o, Brno
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1038043

Development of the Process Information Modelling in the Construction Project: A Case Study of the ZERO-PLUS Project

Author(s): Wen Pan, Katharina Langosch, Thomas Bock
Published in: Proceedings of the 34th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), 2017, ISBN 978-80-263-1371-7
Publisher: Tribun EU, s.r.o., Brno
DOI: 10.22260/ISARC2017/0108

Net Zero Energy settlements in Europe: first findings of the Zero-Plus Horizon 2020 project

Author(s): Anna Laura Pisello, Cristina Piselli, Gloria Pignatta, Claudia Fabiani, Filippo Ubertini, Franco Cotana, Mat Santamouris
Published in: 16th CIRIAF National Congress Sustainable Development, Human Health and Environmental Protection, 7-9 April 2016, 2016, ISBN 978-88-6074-783-9
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.583467

How does microclimate mitigation affect building thermal-energy performance in residential zero energy Italian settlements

Author(s): Anna Laura Pisello, Veronica Lucia Castaldo, Cristina Piselli, Franco Cotana, Mattheos Santamouris
Published in: Simulation Applications 2017 conference, February, 8th-10th 2017, 2017
Publisher: BU, PRESS
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.583496

Development of net Zero Energy Settlements using Advanced Energy Technologies

Author(s): Afroditi Synnefa, Marina Laskari, Rajat Gupta, Anna Laura Pisello, Mat Santamouris
Published in: Procedia Engineering, 2017, Page(s) pp. 1388-1401
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.583819

Achieving greater energy efficiency through the transition from Net Zero Energy Buildings to Net Zero Energy Settlements

Author(s): Afroditi Synnefa, Marina Laskari, Kostantina Vassilakopoulou, Mat Santamouris
Published in: JRC Conference and Workshop Reports 9th International Conference Improving Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings and Smart Communities IEECB&SC’16, 2016, Page(s) 139-145, ISBN 978-92-79-59779-4
Publisher: Publications Office of the European Union
DOI: 10.2790/290244

Building performance simulation of advanced energy technologies to achieve net zero energy dwellings in UK

Author(s): Rajat Gupta, Matt Gregg
Published in: BSO 2016 Proceedings, 2016
Publisher: International Building Performance Simulation Association
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.583691

Using In-Situ Building Fabric Thermal Performance Testing to Calibrate As-Built Models of Low Energy Dwellings in the UK

Author(s): Rajat Gupta; Matt Gregg
Published in: 7, 2020
Publisher: PLEA
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4389985

Microclimate analysis and mitigation for enhancing energy and comfort performance of Near Zero Energy Settlements in Italy

Author(s): Cardinali, Marta; Pisello, Anna Laura; Piselli, Cristina; Pigliautile, Ilaria; Cotana, Franco
Published in: Proceedings of 18th CIRIAF National Congress Sustainable Development, Human Health and Environmental Protection, annual, 2018
Publisher: 18th CIRIAF National Congress Sustainable Development, Human Health and Environmental Protection

Performance of distributed energy resources in three low energy dwellings during the UK lock down period

Author(s): Rajat Gupta; Matt Gregg
Published in: 13, 2020
Publisher: Leeds Beckett University
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4390435