A retrofit plan for improving the energy efficiency of an existing building can contribute to a sustainable built environment. This study presents a novel framework for integrating mathematical optimization, 6D-Building Information Modeling (BIM), and Life Cycle Assessment to enhance existing …
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 …
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 …
Historic buildings are an integral part of the built environment that have historical, cultural, social, and economic value. Sustainable conservation/rehabilitation/renovation of historic buildings that will perform well for decades is therefore critical. Numerous sustainability-rating systems (e.g., LEED, BREEAM, DGNB, etc.) …
The overall energy goals mean that more and more extensive measures need to be applied on buildings with varying degrees of heritage value. Previous studies show that there are a number of measures that have a beneficial impact on different …
The energy refurbishment of historic buildings is necessary for many reasons, for the preservation and continued use of the buildings themselves, but also to achieve a very much needed reduction of GHG emissions. Good examples of such refurbishments show that …
Most of the buildings that exist today were built based on 2D drawings. Building information models that represent design-stage product information have become prevalent in the second decade of the 21st century. Still, it will take many decades before such …
The research presents the method for optimization of a building with its heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system in the scope of achieving nearly zero energy building (nZEB) in the context of Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/31/EU. The method …
Our proposal is to enhance information on the actual building stock and on barriers and drivers that influence the decision of public or private buildings ‘owners toward renovation. With this information and with dedicated services, local authorities could persuade owners …
dataholz.eu is an online catalog of wood and wood-based materials, building materials, components and component connections for timber construction. The basis for this is a project launched in 2000 called "Component catalog". Due to the rapidly development of timber construction …