Energy efficient buildings

During the late 1970s, concerns were raised about levels of airborne formaldehyde in buildings resulting primarily from constmction using composite panels bonded with urea—formaldehyde resins and combined with energy-efficient building practices which reduced air losses. 

Lovins, A. (1992). Energy-Efficient Buildings Institutional Barriers and Opportunities. Boulder, CO E-Sourcc, Inc. 

Life-cycle cost analysis. Energy-efficient buildings are typically designed to be cheaper, on a life-cycle basis, than wasteful buildings. 

ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING DESIGN AND THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE... 

PWGSC, 2003. Energy Efficient Buildings Tour, March 2003, ftp //ftp.tech-env.com/pub/ultraLow/tour.pdf. 

Jakob, M. and Madlener, R. (2004). Riding down the experience curve for energy-efficient building envelopes the Swiss case for 1970-2020. International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy (Special Issue on Experience Curves), 2 (1-2), 153-178. 

XVII. Construction Resources-Energy Efficient Buildings... 

Building Green provides research and information on energy-efficient buildings. 

Polymers in a foamed or cellular state have many useful properties. Energy-efficient buildings have sheets (or sprayed foams) of polystyrene foam insulation in their construction, sheets made by compounding CFC-12 under pressure with liquid polymer followed by release to atmospheric pressure via extrusion. Polyurethane foams were produced using CFC-11, which was vaporized by the heat of reaction of the isocyanate with the polyol. The foaming mass was usually heat-treated to complete the process. 

Energy Efficient Building Equipment and Envelop Technologies, Round III, Morgantown, WV, US Department of Energy, 2000. 

The University of Melbourne undertook a survey of Australian architects with regard to their perception of the future applications of textile materials in energy-efficient buildings. The survey was accomplished by Kimberly Lau, supervised by Associate Professor Eckhart Hertzsch, as part of a subject called Research Project in the Property and Construction Course at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, and focused on the comparison of PTFE and ETFE with glass. 

Why has the Australian construction industry yet to adopt textile fagades in creating energy-efficient buildings ... 

The interview was undertaken to determine whether the information obtained from literature was well recognized and reflected in the Australian design industry and, if not, to identify a general consensus about the suitability of textile fagades in Austraha, and why they are rarely applied to energy-efficient buildings. 

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