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Integration between photovoltaic systems and cultural heritage: A socio-technical comparison of international policies, design criteria, applications, and innovation developments.
The European legislative framework asks for massive application of renewable energy source (particularly of photovoltaic systems) in the built environment to face the recent energy crisis, reducing energy demand, environmental emissions, and costs. These policies could generate serious preservations problems …
Urban green rating systems: Insights for balancing sustainable principles and heritage conservation for neighbourhood and cities renovation planning.
The paper presents an overview of existing urban sustainability rating tools for their possible application in historic urban environments, facing the debate between environmental sustainability and urban heritage conservation. This critical study focuses on Urban Green Rating Systems (UGRS) that …
The thermal conductivity of the masonry of handmade brick Cultural Heritage with respect to density and humidity.
It is very common that the energy refurbishment of buildings of Cultural Heritage is undertaken without considering that their materials and the methods of construction are different from those of modern buildings. Therefore, when seeking the most efficient and effective …
LCC assessments and environmental impacts on the energy renovation of a multi-family building from the 1890s.
The 2020 and 2050 energy targets increase requirements on energy performance in the building stock, thus affecting both listed and non-listed buildings. It is important to select appropriate and cost-optimal energy efficiency measures, using e.g. Life Cycle Cost (LCC) optimization. …
What do we visually focus on in a World Heritage Site? A case study in the Historic Centre of Prague.
Since socio-economic development is associated with artificial construction, heritage environments must be protected and renewed while adapting to such development. Many World Heritage Sites’ visual integrity is endangered by new construction. The paper aims to explore people’s visual focus patterns …
Evaluating energy retrofits of historic buildings in a university campus using an urban building energy model that considers uncertainties.
Urban building energy model (UBEM) is a powerful tool to simulate performance and evaluate efficiency of upgrades for a group of buildings under the urban context. However, the larger the scale/number of buildings, more parameters must be collected to create …
Emerging renovation strategies and technical solutions for mass-construction of residential districts built after World War II in Europe.
While deep energy renovations of buildings have been implemented for over a decade, the pace and volume of building upgrades are still insufficient to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Therefore, it is urgent to adopt technological and management innovations to …
Existing Building Renovation: A Review of Barriers to Economic and Environmental Benefits.
The renovation of old buildings provides an important approach to energy saving and emission reduction with low economic costs. The current important issue remains how to determine the optimal cost-effective technical path for a specific project, although there are a …
CFD Modelling and Analysis for Green Environment of Traditional Buildings
first_pagesettingsOrder Article Reprints Open AccessArticle CFD Modelling and Analysis for Green Environment of Traditional Buildings by Yangluxi Li 1,*,Lei Chen 1 andLi Yang 2,*ORCID 1 Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3NB, UK 2 …
The Role of Built Heritage for Sustainable Development Goals: From Statement to Action.
The importance of culture and cultural heritage for the achievement of sustainable development is widely stressed in official documents. Nevertheless, the role of cultural heritage for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Agenda 2030 is limited …
The Implementation of Conservation Policy and the Application of Solar Energy Technology in Small House Areas: Stockholm, Sweden.
This paper investigates the dynamic between protection of the historic environment and the application of solar energy technology on 1- or 2-family houses in Sweden. More specifically, the building code relating to the installation of photovoltaic (PV) panels on house …
Using hygrothermal simulations to define safe and robust energy retrofit solutions: interior insulation of a mountain hut with extreme climate conditions.
Interior insulation is a crucial retrofit measure to improve the energy performance of historical building while preserving their exterior appearance. However, it affects the hygrothermal behaviour of the wall and for this reason it must be planned with a very …