Energy Optimization Building Design: NZEB Annotated Bibliography

This annotated bibliography reviews the article "How to evaluate performance of net zero energy building," which explores Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) as an integrated solution for energy saving, environmental protection, and CO2 emission reduction. The article reviews NZEB definitions, energy calculation methodologies, and various building-service systems with renewable energy sources. The author aims to present an overview of key elements for developing new ZEB definitions and energy calculation methodologies. The bibliography evaluates the article's organization, clarity, and relevance, highlighting its introduction to the concept of NZEB and its explanation of the balance between energy consumption and renewable energy generation. It emphasizes the importance of net positive energy in building designs, the use of renewable energy sources, and the potential for electricity production within NZEBs. The evaluation also points out the article's potential for initial reader confusion due to extensive elaboration and highlights the inclusion of helpful diagrams to aid understanding.

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Summary
The provided article tries to review the best option to attain energy saving design of houses in
Northern part of America. The article begins by explaining the concept of NZEBS from different
perspective. The author applies multiple literature review mechanisms to make the user
understand how to apply net zero performance idea. One of the advantages in this article is the
way it defines the meaning of NZEBS and how it started. One of the main issues that comes out
of this article is that, the issue of high energy consumption is a prevalent challenge to most
designers. However, applying renewable sources of energy can be the best solution to designing
energy saving houses. According to the author, the research from NZEB prove that it is the
effective approach to achieving best designs. However, the article explains that net positive
energy is crucial to all designs.
Evaluation
The organization of this article make it easier for the author to understand the meaning of net
zero performance. First, the author have outlined the meaning of NZEB in understanding manner
using various literature review. The decision of the author to use simple words in the article
proves that the author have gone through and understood the previous studies in the topic. Apart
from understanding the author have clearly organized the aim of the study at the beginning of the
article. It makes the reader to have an idea in mind while beginning to read the article.
Consequently, the challenge in these article is that it has several elaboration on the meaning of
the topic. The issue can confuse the reader at the beginning. However, there are clear drawings in
this article that boost the understanding of an individual. It helps the designer to relate the theory
with the practical skills one require.