Quantitative analysis of the divergence in energy losses allowed through building envelopes》.pdf

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 49 (2015) 1000–1008 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews journal homepage: /locate/rser Quantitative analysis of the divergence in energy losses allowed through building envelopes Beatriz Rodríguez-Soria a, Javier Domínguez-Hernández b,n, José M. Pérez-Bella b, Juan J. del Coz-Díaz c a Department of Construction Engineering, University Center of Defense, Ctra. Huesca, s/n, 50090 Zaragoza, Spain b Department of Construction Engineering, Engineering and Architecture School, University of Zaragoza (UZ), María de Luna, s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain c Department of Construction Engineering, University of Oviedo, Edifi cio Departamental Viesques no. 7, 33204 Gijón, Spain a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: There is currently a lack of international harmonization on the insulation requirements for the buildings. Received 11 June 2014 Given that this parameter defines the maximum energy losses allowed through a thermal envelope, Accepted 1 May 2015 building energy consumptions can vary considerably between countries. Both the United States of Available online 20 May 2015 America (US) and the European Union (EU) should address this problem by unifying the energy design Keywords: criteria of their buildings. The EU requires that all new buildings constructed starting in 2020 must be International regul