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DESIGNING FOR ZERO CARBON PROLOGUE
Prologue
Previously Published ZNE All-Electric Case Study Buildings
As noted in the Introduction, this is the sixth book in the series of case studies1 focusing on buildings that have been designed to be extraordinarily energy-efficient, thereby significantly reducing their impact on the overall demand for carbon-based energy sources. In fact, the previ- ous five volumes have featured case studies of zero-net-energy (ZNE) buildings. As the public electric power grid is transformed within the next 25 years into a carbon-free source of energy, however, the focus will shift from ZNE buildings to all-electric buildings, which by definition will be zero-carbon (ZC) operating buildings.
Looking forward to this shift, this sixth volume of case studies focuses on energy-efficient all- electric buildings. Looking back, however, it is noteworthy that many of the ZNE buildings in the previous case study books are also all-electric, and therefore will become zero-carbon opera- tionally by 2045. These projects are therefore also instructive in the design of both residential and non-residential zero-carbon (operation) buildings and can be seen as valuable prototypes for the future.
The two previous books, Zero Net Energy Case Study Homes, Volumes 1 and 2, covered several principal types of residential projects, some of which are all-electric. These exemplary residential projects can be studied in these two books. (Left)
Since this sixth book focuses on non-residential buildings only, it is especially useful to note the previous case studies of ZNE all-electric buildings that are described in the three volumes, Zero Net Energy Case Study Buildings, Volumes 1, 2 and 3. (Below)
This Prologue exhibits some of these previously published all-electric non-residential projects with their basic facts and where the detailed case studies for each can be found. The new case studies then follow in the main section of this book.
1 See the Introduction to this book for the complete list of book titles and where they can be found online or in softcover publication.
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Designing for Zero Carbon: Volume 1