In the frame work of the European project EPIQR (energy performance, indoor air quality,
retrofit), European apartment buildings were investigated with a newly developed tool called …

EPIQR (Energy Performance Indoor Environmental Quality Retrofit) is a methodology
developed to assist apartment building owners who are considering refurbishment or …

Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) is an important quality aspect of office buildings, which is
acknowledged in a new European methodology and software for office building …

Sixteen existing multi-family buildings (94 apartments) in Finland and 20 (96 apartments) in
Lithuania were investigated prior to their renovation in order to develop and test out a …

INTRODUCTION Fifty-six office buildings, selected in nine European countries for being as
far as pos sible representative of the building stock, were audited between December 1993 …

In the last three decades numerous studies have been performed dealing with air quality in
indoor environments. Most of them were focused onto the chemical characterization and …

We have conducted a project to develop a common protocol for indoor environmental quality
(IEQ) assessment and to assess the effects of energy retrofits on IEQ. This paper focuses on …

Abstract Achieving standards-based Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in existing buildings
is growing steadily due to the strong demand for deep retrofits in Europe. Existing non …

European Directive for Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD) was approved in the
beginning of 2003. The transition period is 3–6 years depending on the article. European …

Abstract The Directives 2002/91/CE and 2010/31/UE greatly evolved the building and real-
estate sector towards low energy building, both in the case of building retrofitting and new …