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Integrated retrofit solutions for improving the energy performance of historic buildings through energy technology suitability analyses: Retrofit plan of wooden truss and masonry composite structure in Korea in the 1920s.
Building energy consumption and carbon emissions must be reduced to decrease the rate of global warming. To improve the energy efficiency of historic buildings, energy retrofitting can serve as an effective strategy. Retrofitting historic buildings is difficult due to the …
Review of methods for the combined assessment of seismic resilience and energy efficiency towards sustainable retrofitting of existing European buildings
Sustainable retrofitting of existing buildings is a prerequisite for achieving climatic and energy objectives in the EU. Thus, practical tools supporting the evaluation and decision-making process when planning retrofit interventions are required. In specific areas, in addition to energy efficiency, …
Current Practice and Potential Associated with Timber-Based Solutions for Buildings Retrofitting.
Current buildings are responsible for the highest energy consumption, exceeding polluting sectors such as industry and transports. In Portugal, a large part of the building stock was built in the 1970s and 1980s, but buildings dated from the 1960s and …
Analysis of financial benefits for energy retrofits of owner-occupied single-family houses in Germany.
In many industrialized countries, a significant number of buildings were constructed prior to any energy-related building construction standards. Today, single-family houses (SFH/pl. SFHs) from this time still have a comparably poor thermal quality. This paper aims to examine and model …
A multi-criterion decision analysis framework for sustainable energy retrofit in buildings.
Old buildings are known to have poor energy performance and have limited improvement options as they approach their end-of-life. The demand for sustainable design and construction of new buildings and the desire to improve the performance of existing ones is …
How Can Scientific Literature Support Decision-Making in the Renovation of Historic Buildings? An Evidence-Based Approach for Improving the Performance of Walls
How Can Scientific Literature Support Decision-Making in the Renovation of Historic Buildings? An Evidence-Based Approach for Improving the Performance of Walls
Old buildings need new ideas: Holistic integration of conservation-restoration process data using Heritage Building Information Modelling.
The preservation of cultural heritage and the renovation, restoration and remodelling processes could benefit greatly from Building Information Modelling (BIM) workflows being established. Currently, experts are involved with fractionated workflows, where a lot of data are missing, become lost or …
Life cycle optimisation of building retrofitting considering climate change effects.
Novelty Climate change has significant impacts on building energy performance. A novel life cycle optimisation strategy is developed for determining optimal retrofitting solutions for office buildings with climate change effects taken into consideration. The first innovation is that a hybrid …
The importance of adjusting the heating system after an energy-retrofit of buildings in a sub-Arctic climate.
There is a need to improve the understanding and the knowledge of energy efficiency measures for residential buildings in sub-Arctic climate regions. This paper presents an investigation of two identical multi-family residential buildings in the sub-Arctic climate of northern Sweden, …
Photovoltaic technologies in historic buildings and protected areas: Comprehensive legislative framework in Italy and Switzerland.
The launch on the market of innovative highly customized products, with a low visual impact colour and aesthetically wise promoted the integration of photovoltaic (PV) systems in protected areas. Despite the aesthetic, economic and energy advances, their integration therein is …
Design criteria for the integration of active solar technologies in the historic built environment: Taxonomy of international recommendations.
The paper focuses on architectural integration of active solar technologies (photovoltaic and solar thermal systems) in the historic built environment. Interpreted and used as a building material in the envelope, they are able to positively support energy transition and to …
Renewable Energies and Architectural Heritage: Advanced Solutions and Future Perspective.
The current legislative framework and the recent energy crisis ask for massive applications of renewable energy sources (RES) in the built environment to reduce energy demand, environmental emissions, and energy costs. The uncritical application of these policies, especially on architectural …