Study On Net Zero Energy Building

Abstract: It is reported that 30 to 40% of all of the primary energy used worldwide is used in buildings. This high energy use may directly or indirectly affects the environment. Also it causes climatic changes, degrades the environment and increases the air pollution. Hence it is necessary to reduce the energy consumption in the building and necessary steps to be taken to make the buildings more environmentally sustainable. In recent years, zero energy building concepts is developed to overcome this problem. The zero energy building uses natural energy sources to meet the energy requirements of the building. In this work, we have carried out a study to analyze the performance of a zero energy building and found that it is possible to have such building in India.

Keywords: Building Energy Consumption, Climatic Change, Zero Energy Building