Essays about: "Energy Saving house"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 36 essays containing the words Energy Saving house.

  1. 11. Building Renovation and Property Value

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för byggd miljö och energiteknik (BET)

    Author : Maryam Shahbandian; [2019]
    Keywords : Building Renovation; Deep Renovation; Aesthetic Renovation; Property Value;

    Abstract : The concern of climate change and Greenhouse Gas emission have increased national consideration toward energy efficiency. Despite noticeable action which have taken by EU cities and Sweden government to mitigate the climate change, there is still shortage in appropriate energy measurements in old residential buildings. READ MORE

  2. 12. Towards sustainable renovation of façades : A case study of additional double glass façade on lamella house from energy saving perspective

    University essay from KTH/Hållbara byggnader

    Author : Yang Shi; [2019]
    Keywords : renovation; façade; Million Programme; IDA ice; Trombe wall; double glass façade; sustainability;

    Abstract : The pace of development in modern society since the Industrial Revolution has beenunprecedented and it keeps proceeding in a more aggressive and accelerated phase. However, thisdevelopment is a highly energy demanded action which is resulting an increased exploitation ofnatural resources, and subsequently, an expanded pressure on our environment, which sometimesconflicts between proprietors. READ MORE

  3. 13. Feeding the 45 million : substituting soybean protein with insect protein within EU poultry and egg production

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Douglas Hunter; [2019]
    Keywords : insects; insect production; livestock feed; entomophagy; land use; futures research; food security; energy security; black soldier fly; mealworm; house cricket; sustainable development;

    Abstract : A global population increasing both in number and in resource consumption per capita has resulted in food, livestock feed and energy crop demands that are increasingly difficult to meet on rapidly degrading soils within a diminishing available area of arable land. With further expansion of agricultural land infeasible and yield increases through further intensification insufficient to meet the scale of predicted crop demand, the use of insects as an animal feed has gained traction as a method of not only reducing competition for arable land, but also some of the detrimental environmental consequences of livestock and conventional feed production. READ MORE

  4. 14. Preliminary analysis of the potential energy saving achievable with a predictive control strategy of a heat pump for a single family house

    University essay from KTH/Tillämpad termodynamik och kylteknik

    Author : Giacomo Braida; Roberto Tomasetig; [2018]
    Keywords : heat pump system control; HVAC predictive rule-based control; weather forecast; occupancy behavior; internal gain; ambient temperature; perfect prediction;

    Abstract : The present work reports a study related to the potential improvement of the energy performances of a heat pump based heating system for a Swedish single-family house. The analysis is focused on the design of new rule-based control strategies which employ perfect predictions of weather forecast and human behaviour information. READ MORE

  5. 15. Energy survey on replacing a direct electrical heating system with an alternative heating system

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Energisystem

    Author : Wenbo Ruan; [2018]
    Keywords : solar photovoltaic; solar thermal; heat pump; ground source; solar irradiance; economic analysis;

    Abstract : With the ever-growing energy demand that world is currently going through and the danger of climate change around the corner, wagering in renewable energy seems to be the right path to create a more smart and green future. Sweden has put great effort on decreasing its dependency on oil, in fact in 2012 more than 50 % of its electricity came from the renewable source and has a plan in making it 100 % in 2040. READ MORE