Towards zero energy settlements - a brief note on commissioning and POE within the EU ZeroPlus settlementsTowards zero energy settlements - a brief note on commissioning and POE within the EU ZeroPlus settlements Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές 2022-05-102020enThis work has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme in the framework of the “ZERO-PLUS project: Achieving near Zero and Positive Energy Settlements in Europe using Advanced Energy Technology”, under Grant Agreement n° 678407.Ambitious goals for the upgrade of construction aimed at energy conservation may quite often bounce due to different barriers, from design and detailing, through construction, to commissioning and behavioural ones. To overcome these, this paper focuses on the missing link of the construction process – the Informative Commissioning, the pre and post occupancy monitoring, and the POE, all integral parts of the ZeroPlus EU project. Limitations, barriers and other considerations and complexities encountered through the project's stages will be presented, alongside the formation of the methodology and some preliminary results of the first case studies to be commissioned.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science4101Meir_et_al_IOP Conf. Ser. Earth Environ. Sci._410(1)_2020.pdfChania [Greece]Library of TUC2022-05-10application/pdf2.4 MBfree Meir Isaac Meir Isaac Isaac Shabtai Kolokotsa Dionysia Κολοκοτσα Διονυσια Gobakis Konstantinos Γομπακης Κωνσταντινος Pignatta Gloria IOP Publishing ZeroPlus (ZP) EU project Construction process Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs)