Publication detail

Overview and future challenges of nearly zero energy building (nZEB) design in Eastern Europe

ATTIA, S. KURNITSKI, J. KOSIŃSKI, P. BORODIŅECS, A. DEME BELAFI, Z. KISTELEGDI, I. KRSTIĆ, H. MOLDOVAN, M. VISA, I. MIHAILOV, N. EVSTATIEV, B. BANIONIS, K. ČEKON, M. VILČEKOVÁ, S. STRUHALA, K. BRZOŇ, R. LAURENT, O.

Original Title

Overview and future challenges of nearly zero energy building (nZEB) design in Eastern Europe

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

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.

Keywords

New construction; buildings; energy efficiency; EPBD; construction quality; cost-optimality

Authors

ATTIA, S.; KURNITSKI, J.; KOSIŃSKI, P.; BORODIŅECS, A.; DEME BELAFI, Z.; KISTELEGDI, I.; KRSTIĆ, H.; MOLDOVAN, M.; VISA, I.; MIHAILOV, N.; EVSTATIEV, B.; BANIONIS, K.; ČEKON, M.; VILČEKOVÁ, S.; STRUHALA, K.; BRZOŇ, R.; LAURENT, O.

Released

15. 7. 2022

Publisher

Elsevier

ISBN

0378-7788

Periodical

ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Year of study

267

Number

112165

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

17

Pages count

17

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037877882200336X?dgcid=coauthor

BibTex

@article{BUT177749,
  author="Shady {Attia} and Jarek {Kurnitski} and Piotr {Kosiński} and Anatolijs {Borodiņecs} and Zsofia {Deme Belafi} and István {Kistelegdi} and Hrvoje {Krstić} and Macedon {Moldovan} and Ion {Visa} and Nicola {Mihailov} and Boris {Evstatiev} and Karolis {Banionis} and Miroslav {Čekon} and Silvia {Vilčeková} and Karel {Struhala} and Roman {Brzoň} and Oriane {Laurent}",
  title="Overview and future challenges of nearly zero energy building (nZEB) design in Eastern Europe",
  journal="ENERGY AND BUILDINGS",
  year="2022",
  volume="267",
  number="112165",
  pages="1--17",
  doi="10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112165",
  issn="0378-7788",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037877882200336X?dgcid=coauthor"
}