AGNR 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Geothermal Heat Pump, Hydroponics, Meat Packing Industry
4 Dec 2017
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Evolving built environment: some buildings not living up to green label certification relies on energy models to predict how much energy a planned building will use, but council officials and many experts agree that such models are inexact. Once a building opens, it may use more energy than was predicted by the design. In the real world, the mechanical systems may have problems, so that increases energy us: the continuing evolution of zero energy buildings. Zero energy buildings can now be commercial or institutional buildings where energy consumption is first aggressively reduced, and any remaining energy needs are met over the course of a year by on-site renewable energy production. As long as the annual energy balance to and from the grid is zero or less (the (cid:862)net(cid:863) in (cid:862)net zero energy(cid:863)), the. They represent a compelling, imaginative, and motivational idea: a building can sup-ply its own energy needs.
