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International Journal of Energy Sector Management (IJESM)Renewable EnergiesABSTRACTThe purpose of this paper is to examine the feasibility and design of zero-energy buildings (ZEBs) in cold and semiarid climates. In this study, to maximize the use of renewable energy, energy consumption is diminished using passive solar architecture systems and techniques. The case study is a residential building with a floor area of 100 %u33a1 and four inhabitants in the cold and semi-arid climate, northeast of Iran. For thermal simulations, the climate data such as air temperature, sunshine hours, wind, precipitation, and hourly sunlight, are provided by the meteorological station and weather databases of the region. DesignBuilder software is applied for simulation and dynamic analysis of the building, as well as PVsyst software to design and evaluate renewable energy performance. The simulation results show a 30% decrease in annual energy consumption of the building by%u2026ABDULAMIR REZASOROUSH2021How to citeAmani, N., Reza Soroush, A. A., Moghadas Mashhad, M. and Safarzadeh, K. (2021), \construction of a zero-energy residential building using thermal simulation in Iran\ector Management, Vol. 15 No. 5, pp. 895-913. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJESM-05-2020-0018https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5257-6445Energy Analysis for Construction of a Zero-Energy Residential Building Using Thermal Simulation in Iran