Numerous studies have confirmed that an enormous energy saving potential of up to 90 per cent can be realised by improving building energy efficiency in a cost-effective manner and at the same time reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
This guide was designed to help you find these appropriate techniques and technologies to build, renovate and operate buildings cost effectively to reach ultra-low-energy consumption levels.
A step-by-step path of implementing holistic design processes, by incorporating energy-efficient technologies and intelligent building management systems, is the key to effectively attaining energy efficiency in the building sector at no or minimal incremental cost.
Despite growing building stock, energy efficiency could almost halve global energy demand for buildings by 2050, with the right policy support.
This Strategic Approach ultimately leads to comfortable and competent buildings and thus paves the way for a sustainable development. In many cases, these highly energy-efficient buildings cost even less than the buildings built according to standard practice.
For this purpose the Buildings Guide
A Strategic Approach enables Energy-Efficient BuildingsFind out why a Strategic Approach to integrated building design is the key to achieving high-energy savings at low or no extra capital cost in buildings. This paper describes why a Strategic Approach is needed, the potentials for energy savings that exist in buildings, their regional differences and how integrated design can bring higher energy savings at lower costs all showing that energy-efficient buildings are really cost effective. |
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