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  2. Building-integrated photovoltaics - Wikipedia

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    The term building-applied photovoltaics (BAPV) is sometimes used to refer to photovoltaics that are retrofit – integrated into the building after construction is complete. Most building-integrated installations are actually BAPV. Some manufacturers and builders differentiate new construction BIPV from BAPV. [2]

  3. List of low-energy building techniques - Wikipedia

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    Efficient energy use; Energy audit; Energy efficiency implementation; Energy recovery; Energy recycling; Energy saving lamp; Energy Star; Energy storage; Environmental planning; Environmental technology; Fossil fuel phase-out; Glass in green buildings; Green building and wood; Green building; Heat pump; List of low-energy building techniques ...

  4. Sustainable refurbishment - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable refurbishment describes working on existing buildings to improve their environmental performance using sustainable methods and materials. A refurbishment or retrofit is defined as: "any work to a building over and above maintenance to change its capacity, function or performance' in other words, any intervention to adjust, reuse, or upgrade a building to suit new conditions or ...

  5. Green building - Wikipedia

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    Building materials typically considered 'green' include lumber( that has been certified to a third-party standard), rapidly renewable plant materials (like bamboo and straw), dimension stone, recycled stone, hempcrete, recycled metal (see: copper sustainability and recyclability), and other non-toxic, reusable, renewable, and/or recyclable ...

  6. Zero-energy building - Wikipedia

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    A Zero-Energy Building (ZEB), also known as a Net Zero-Energy (NZE) building, is a building with net zero energy consumption, meaning the total amount of energy used by the building on an annual basis is equal to the amount of renewable energy created on the site [1] [2] or in other definitions by renewable energy sources offsite, using technology such as heat pumps, high efficiency windows ...

  7. Low-energy house - Wikipedia

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    Buildings alone were responsible for 38% of all human Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) as of 2008, with 20% attributed to residential buildings and 18% to commercial buildings. [4] According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), buildings is the sector which presents the most cost effective opportunities for GHG reductions.

  8. Solar energy - Wikipedia

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    Passive solar techniques include selecting materials with favorable thermal properties, designing spaces that naturally circulate air, and referencing [clarification needed] the position of a building to the Sun. Active solar technologies increase the supply of energy and are considered supply side technologies, while passive solar technologies ...

  9. Carbon negative architecture - Wikipedia

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    Carbon negative buildings try to produce their own renewable energy while avoiding the use of fossil fuels during construction and in the materials used. Oftentimes, these materials can sequester carbon within themselves such as with novel building materials such as hempcrete and other bio-based construction materials, which store carbon within plants and turn said plant matter into building ...