Net ZEB Case Studies - Modeling, Design, and Optimization of Net-Zero Energy Buildings - page 340

Table 7.1 Summary of four case study Net ZEBs

Name Type Climate Featured

Passive and
Energy
Efficiency
Strategies

Renewable
Energy
Technologies

ÉcoTerra,
Eastman,
Quebec,
Canada

Single-family
detached house

Temperate
with cold
sunny winters
and warm
humid
summers

Well-insulated
airtight envelope
with emphasis on
passive solar;
natural
ventilation; GSHP

BIPV/T roof
with VCS for
space and
water heating

Leaf
House,
Ancona,
Italy

Six-unit
residential
building

Mediterranean
with warm
sunny
summers and
cool winter

High-performance
envelope, GSHP,
passive solar, solar
tubes, natural
ventilation

PV, Solar
thermal
collector for
DHW

National
Renewable
Energy
Laboratory
(NREL)
Research
Support
Facility
(RSF),
Golden,
Colorado,
USA

Large
government-based
office space and
data center

Temperate
and very
sunny
year-round

High-performance
envelope, modest
window area, fixed
solar shading,
daylighting and
lighting controls,
labyrinth thermal
storage, radiant
heating and
cooling, natural
ventilation, heat
recovery from data
center,
demand-controlled
displacement
ventilation

PV, transpired
solar collectors

ENERPOS,
St. Pierre,
Reunion

Academic building
with classrooms
and offices

Tropical and
sunny with
minimal daily

Natural
ventilation, solar
shading and

PV