Overview and future challenges of nearly zero energy building (nZEB) design in Eastern Europe
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26110%2F22%3APU144444" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26110/22:PU144444 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037877882200336X?dgcid=coauthor" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037877882200336X?dgcid=coauthor</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112165" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112165</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Overview and future challenges of nearly zero energy building (nZEB) design in Eastern Europe
Original language description
The European Unions' ambition for the construction sector is to be carbon neutral by 2030 for new construction. Since 2021, all new buildings in the EU should have been constructed as nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEB). However, Eastern European countries struggle to implement the 2018 Energy Performance of Building Directive recast requirements. Next to the economic challenges, equally essential factors hinder renovating the existing residential building stock and adding newly constructed high-performance buildings sourced primarily from renewable energy sources. Therefore, this study provides a cross-study to identify the barriers to nZEB implementation in ten Eastern European countries, including Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. The study was conducted between 2019 and 2021 and provides an overview of prospects for nZEB in Eastern Europe. The study examines the challenges of nZEB plans faced in those countries and provides constructive recommendations. The regulations and definitions regarding nZEB energy performance, cooling and heating energy demand, thermal comfort, onsite renewables, and construction quality were analysed. Results show that most Eastern European countries are unprepared to comply with the EPBD guidelines and cost-optimality approach. The paper ranks each country and recommends specific measures to refine the nZEB definitions. The paper provides a thorough comparative assessment and benchmarking of select EU geography that can help shift the identified gaps into opportunities for the future development of climate - neutral high-performance buildings.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20103 - Architecture engineering
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA19-20943S" target="_blank" >GA19-20943S: Compatibility of plastics and metals with latent heat storage media for integration in buildings</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
ISSN
0378-7788
e-ISSN
1872-6178
Volume of the periodical
267
Issue of the periodical within the volume
112165
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
1-17
UT code for WoS article
000805219500004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85130373416