New standards for comfort and energy use in buildings

摘要: Existing international standards for the specification of environments human occupancy often ‘categorize’ such to distinguish between higher and lower ‘quality’. The way in which categories are presented tends favour high-energy, closely controlled buildings. Part reason this is that Standards address ‘environment’ without addressing context environment a building. This situation might have occurred through need heating, mechanical ventilation air-conditioning (HVAC) industry justify defined ‘product’. A new building-centred approach environmental proposed low-carbon buildings favoured adaptive used ensure comfort. Les normes internationales actuelles concernant les specifications environnementales relatives l'occupation par l'homme classent souvent ces environnements pour faire la distinction entre haute qualite et basse qualite. La facon de presenter ...