Renewable energy sources for buildings
Series: CIBSE TM -- 38: 2006; TM (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) -- 38.
Publisher: Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
ISBN-13: 9781680150162; 9781903287736
Subjects: Renewable energy sources; Buildings; Energy conservation; Sustainable buildings; Renewable Energy; Énergies renouvelables; Constructions; Économies d'énergie; Constructions durables
Description: This guidance has been produced as part of the CIBSE's response to a growing need to reduce carbon emissions from buildings. Several renewable energy technologies can be successfully integrated into buildings and developments if they are considered in the early stages of the planning and design process. This document gives guidance to developers, planners, designers and building owners to enable them to consider integrated renewable energy systems at this early stage. The guidance helps to identify the most appropriate low or zero carbon (LZC) energy solutions for buildings and/or developments based on users' requirements. It should be used at the early stages of a project, before factors such as orientation, building form, numbers of storeys, heating and ventilation strategy etc. have been established. It will be particularly helpful for projects which are required to carry out an assessment of the options for integrated renewable supply or are subject to explicit requirements set in Unitary Development Plans. --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Purpose of this publication:; title: Printed guidance ; Software tool ; Target audience -- -- 2.; title: Context:; title: What are low or zero carbon energy technologies? ; Building-integrated LZC energy sources ; Guidance and regulations surrounding LZC energy sources ; Building energy efficiency versus renewable energy ; Low energy building design ; How to select LZC technologies -- -- 3.; title: How to use the decision support tool:; title: Comparison of relative performance ; Initial technology assessment -- -- 4.; title: Low or zero carbon technologies:; title: Technologies covered by this guidance ; Solar thermal ; Photovoltaics (PV) ; District heating and cooling ; Combined heat and power ; Ground source cooling ; Ground source heat pumps ; Wind power ; Biofuels -- -- 5.; title: Supplementary technologies:; title: Energy storage ; Inverters and synchronisation ; Absorption cooling.