📈 Energy Efficiency Concept

Energy efficiency is complex from a variety of factors – human behavior, energy sources utilization, regulations, economic factors and etc. But as a whole, the Energy efficiency in buildings could be formulated as:
Rational use and management of available sources toward energy consumption reduction and keeping and even increasing the habitant comfort.

Most people know that insulation and good windows frames are good solutions to improve the energy performance of their homes. But it is not always true.

There are several passive and active measures that could be implemented and will have a more efficient effect than the traditional insulation and good windows frame installation.

Most popular passive measures are known as building shadings, proper building orientation, passive sunlight going through the window glasses, wind flow, etc.

The first step to achieving better energy performance of a building is assessment/review of the current situation and optimization of the energy consumers base on the existed resources.

There are many new materials and technologies Including smart technologies and innovative IT concepts) for optimizing the energy consumption. Most of them are as expensive as the insulation of the building but have a significant impact on the energy expenses. A very well known and easily accessible technology is ventilation – used to bring fresh air into the building (cold in wintertime and hot in summer time) – which requires additional energy to warm or cool that outdoor air before coming into the room. New ventilation systems are really smart and use % or recuperation or % of the existing room where the air is already and still fresh.

Building-integrated renewable technologies are another good example, especially with a combination of smart energy systems, recycling measures, and recuperation. It’s a user friendly opportunity to increase the energy performance of buildings without reducing the habitant’s comfort or engaging people in the energy management process.