Is it possible to refurbish a listed building in terms of energy efficiency without destroying the historical appearance of the building? As part of the EU-funded “3Encult” project, a case study on energy modernization was carried out to investigate this …
Historic buildings built before 1945 make up a significant part of the building stock in the European Union. They also contribute to the greenhouse gas emissions due to high energy consumption. However, policy makers and building owners are facing “building …
Integrating multi-criteria approaches for reducing greenhouse gas emissions while, at the same time, ensuring long-term maintenance of existing buildings, is a challenge that needs to be faced by both the present and future generations. The core objective of this paper …
The paper draws from the general literature on energy efficiency and historic buildings to explain the importance and potential of user-driven energy efficiency in historic buildings. It is the first review that places the user as a central object of …
The EU Directive for building energy performance requires all member states to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the existing building stock. A key instrument in achieving this is using building stock modelling as a tool for planning and …
This study examines the impact of behavioural and physical variables on the energy saving from retrofitting protected housing. Protected housing in England is referred to as ‘listed’ housing managed by English Heritage. The result of the study demonstrates that balanced …
This paper illustrates an energy upgrading proposal of a historical building in Naples (Italy): Palazzo Fuga, better known as the Real Albergo dei Poveri which was built in the second half of the XVIII century. The proposal consists of energy …
The building sector brings the main responsibility for energy consumption and GHG emissions in European countries. Although many policies have been placed across the EU to increase building energy performance, the current home energy renovation rate remains too low to …
Purpose – Evaluate the post occupancy performance of a typical “traditional” building using multiple post occupancy evaluation (PoE) protocols against design intents to learn lessons about their suitability in meeting UK's climate change reduction targets. The paper aims to discuss …
The paper proposes a method for reliable energy diagnoses, aimed at integrated design of energy refurbishment of existing buildings, with reference to historical architectures. The approach is structured according to three main phases: (a) the building performance assessment, by combining …