Quality of the inside environment and the energy efficiency of buildings

Abstract

The assurance of the indoor environment quality, having in view the hygiene and comfort aspects, has today a special importance in the present energy context. This means the energy consumptions decreasing, especially those from fossil fuels and the promotion of the renewable energy resource, having in view the diminution of the pollutants emissions with green house effect at the planetary scale.
In this context, it is imposed more and more the “energy efficiency†concept or the “energy efficient building†one in the buildings conception and also in the certification and rehabilitation process.
Starting from the criteria that are defining the indoor environment quality, this paper wants to present the main passive measures that may lead to this aim, with examples of real achievements met in the literature