Chapter 2.1

Resource-efficient nondomestic buildings: Intertwining behaviour and technology

Hermano Bernardoa,b; António Gomes Martinsa,c    a INESC Coimbra, DEEC, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugalb School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugalc Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Abstract

There is a large consensus on the importance of human behaviour on the energy performance of buildings. Energy policy orientations consistently take into account the importance of the building stock in the overall energy use by societies.

Existing buildings are specially challenging, as reliable diagnoses are required to take appropriate action towards ...

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