Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed March 3, 2016).
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1 -- The Framework of Urban Built Environments; 1.1 -- Introduction; 1.2 -- Urban environments and energy related issues; 1.2.1 -- Heat Island in Mediterranean Cities; 1.2.2 -- The Case Study of the Athens Metropolitan Area (AMA); 1.2.2.1 -- The Urban Heat Island in the AMA; 1.2.3 -- Policy Background and Nearly Zero Energy Studies; 1.2.3.1 -- On the Definition of Nearly Zero Energy Buildings; 1.2.3.2 -- Energy Performance in the Mediterranean Areas: Examples and Lessons from the Past.
1.2.3.3 -- Main Passive Technological Tools for Building Cooling1.2.3.4 -- On the Combination of Passive and Active Techniques for Building Cooling; 1.2.3.5 -- Current Research Studies and Projects on Zero-Energy Building in the Mediterranean Climate; 1.3 -- Discussion; 1.4 -- Further steps; References; Internet links; Chapter 2 -- Nearly Zero Energy Urban Settings (ZEUS); 2.1 -- Searching for homogeneous urban areas and urban units to depict a city model for Athens; 2.1.1 -- Notes on the Concept of Urban Density; 2.2 -- Case studies' selection as potential reiterative units at the district city scale.
2.3 -- Three representative urban environments in the AMA2.3.1 -- The Energy Demand in the Selected Urban Environments; 2.3.1.1 -- Aghia Varvara; 2.3.1.2 -- Peristeri; 2.3.1.3 -- Evripidou; 2.3.1.4 -- Brief Notes on the Energy Demand in the Different Urban Settings; 2.3.2 -- The Energy-Saving Potential of Retrofitting Options; 2.3.2.1 -- Aghia Varvara: Energy Retrofitting Scenarios; 2.3.2.2 -- Peristeri Energy Retrofitting Scenarios; 2.3.2.3 -- Evripidou: Energy Retrofitting Scenarios; 2.3.2.4 -- Comparing Energy Retrofitting Scenarios; 2.3.3 -- Energy Generation by Renewable Energy Sources.
2.3.4 -- The Energy-Saving Potential of Greenery and Passive Techniques in the Selected Urban Environments2.3.4.1 -- Previous Studies on Heat Island's Mitigation; 2.3.4.1.1 -- Mitigations on Urban Canyons in Athens; 2.3.4.2 -- Modeling the Urban Microclimate (Annarita Ferrante and Anastasia Fotopoulou); 2.3.4.2.1 -- Peristeri Urban Setting: Measured Climatic Data and Simulation on the Scenario as Built (Annarita Ferrante and ... ; 2.4 -- On the technical feasibility of nearly ZEUS; References; Chapter 3 -- Understanding Economic Constraints to Achieve Nearly ZEUS.
3.1"Overcoming existing constraints toward ZEUS3.1.1"Is Technical Feasibility Associated with the Economic Feasibility in ZEUS? Important Economic Barriers for ZEUS; 3.1.1.1"Cost-Benefit Analysis in Aghia Varvara; 3.1.1.2"Cost-Benefit Analysis in Peristeri; 3.1.1.3"Cost-Benefit Analysis in Evripidou; 3.1.1.4"Conclusions on Energy Costs; 3.1.2"Why Do We Believe in the Economic Feasibility of nZEBs in Existing Urban Environments? Energy and No-Energy Related I ... ; 3.1.2.1"Barriers and Opportunities at the Economic and Technical Levels toward Achieving nZEBs.