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Our thanks to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 51608001 and Project No. 51478001) for financial support on this research work reported in this chapter. The authors also acknowledge the support from the China Scholarship Council (CSC) and the Anhui University of Technology and research support from the University of Birmingham in the UK.

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Yuehong Lu1,2\*, Xiao-Ping Zhang2

Technology, Ma'anshan, China

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, Zhijia Huang1

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2 Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of

, Jinli Lu1

and Changlong Wang1

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for different conditions.

into consideration on ZEB design.

control strategies in each type of ZEB application.

support from the University of Birmingham in the UK.

region considering the applied energy systems and its financial support. So, it is necessary to identify and classify the key factors affecting ZEB performance

3.The future grid-connected ZEB seems to definitely pose a great challenge for smart grid considering the new complex energy usage as well as on-site RES generation features of ZEB. The stress caused by ZEB on the grid is different from conventional buildings, which should be further identified and taken

4.ZEB is generally catering for an individual building, while the investigation of zero energy building cluster, zero energy community, and zero energy highrise building is still required and thus forms some standards for the design/

5.The existing financial incentives are mostly proposed to promote the widespread application of RES, while a systematic financial scheme should be developed to further assist and stimulate ZEB development in a standard and

Our thanks to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 51608001 and Project No. 51478001) for financial support on this research work reported in this chapter. The authors also acknowledge the support from the China Scholarship Council (CSC) and the Anhui University of Technology and research

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