Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB),

Edition 2 Concepts, Frameworks, and Roadmap for Project Analysis and Implementation

Editors: By Shady Attia, PhD

Publication Date: 17 Sep 2025

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Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB): Concepts, Frameworks, and Roadmap for Project Analysis and Implementation, Second Edition is a vital resource for researchers and professionals in civil engineering and architecture. This updated version includes examples from the New Buildings Institute’s Getting to Zero Buildings Database and revised sections shaped by ongoing collaboration with industry experts and researchers.
This book is a detailed guide to planning, designing, and implementing high-performance buildings, providing practical methodologies to meet global decarbonization targets, including the EU’s 2050 and China’s 2060 zero carbon goals. It addresses critical challenges related to the energy transition, focusing on electrification, decarbonization calculations, lifecycle assessment, and advanced technologies like data analytics and digital twins to optimize a building's performance. With real-world case studies from diverse climates and building types, this second edition highlights lessons learned and actionable strategies to overcome implementation barriers and drive meaningful change in the built environment.

Key Features

Offers a solid grounding in key principles of energy efficiency, lifecycle assessment, and decarbonization specific to high-performance buildings
Combines technical expertise with an understanding of economic, sociocultural, and environmental factors for integrated, sustainable building solutions
Provides essential tools and strategies for informed decision-making throughout the building lifecycle—from planning and design to construction and operation
Explores the application of technologies such as photovoltaics, heat pumps, batteries, and innovative building storage systems, including phase change materials, to enhance energy performance and support decarbonization

About the author

By Shady Attia, PhD, Professor of Sustainable Architecture and Building Technology & Head of Sustainable Building Design Lab, School of Engineering, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

1. Introduction to Net Zero Energy Building and Market Accelerators
2. Evolution of Definitions and Approaches
3. Net Zero Energy Building Performance Indicators and Thresholds
4. Integrative Project Delivery and Team Roles
5. Occupants’ Well-Being and Indoor Environmental Quality
6. Materials and Environmental Impact Assessment
7. Energy Systems and Loads Operation
8. Smart-Decarbonized Energy Grids and Net Zero Energy Building Upscaling
9. Construction Quality and Cost
10. Occupant Behavior and Performance Assurance
11. Net Zero Energy Building Case Studies and Learned Lessons
12. Roadmap for Net Zero Energy Building Implementation

ISBN: 9780443341823

Page Count: 442

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Engineering practitioners, R&D professionals, design consultants, architects, and other decision-making stakeholders in the AECO industries, building developers and property managers, performance assessors and contractors charged with the implementation of sustainable practices for buildings geared toward energy transition and reduction of CO2 emissions. Academics, researchers, and postgraduate students in civil and structural engineering, construction engineering, sustainable built environments’ design, operations, and management, architecture, energy and environmental engineering, urban planning, growth development, and regeneration.