The Challenges of Zero-Energy Buildings
            
            Riga Technical University 53rd International Scientific Conference: Dedicated to the 150th Anniversary and the 1st Congress of World Engineers and Riga Polytechnical Institute / RTU Alumni: Digest
            2012
            
        
                Ruta Vanaga,
        
                Andra Blumberga
        
    
            
            
            EU Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings requires that local regulations on minimum energy performance requirements has to be overseen over time in accordance with the new technologies in the market and reaching nearly zero energy consumption by 2020 thereby reducing the carbon dioxide emissions as well.
            
            
            
                Keywords
                energy efficiency, low-energy building, zero-energy building.
            
            
            
                Hyperlink
                http://scientific-conference2012.rtu.lv/sites/default/files/pdf/RTU_Conference_2012.pdf
            
            
            Vanaga, R., Blumberga, A. The Challenges of Zero-Energy Buildings. In: Riga Technical University 53rd International Scientific Conference: Dedicated to the 150th Anniversary and the 1st Congress of World Engineers and Riga Polytechnical Institute / RTU Alumni: Digest, Latvia, Riga, 11-12 October, 2012. Riga: RTU, 2012, pp.174-174. ISBN 978-9934-10-360-5.
            
                Publication language
                English (en)