How Can the Circular Economy Contribute to Resolving Social Housing Challenges?

FPB Gomide, L Bragança… - Applied System …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The construction sector stands as the predominant consumer of cement, steel, and plastic
and is accountable for a substantial 55% of industrial carbon emissions. Greenhouse gases …

[HTML][HTML] Low energy renovation of social housing: recommendations on monitoring and renewable energies use

B Seabra, PF Pereira, H Corvacho, C Pires… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Social housing represents a part of the whole building stock with a high risk of energy
poverty, and it should be treated as a priority in renovation strategies, due to its potential for …

Energy allocation strategies for common property load connected to shared solar and battery storage systems in strata apartments

MM Syed, GM Morrison, J Darbyshire - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Common property (CP) is a significant consumer of electricity in apartment buildings.
Although some apartments in Australia have adopted shared microgrid configurations to …

Life Cycle Cost Assessment and Retrofit in Community Scale: A Case Study of Jordan

M Hamdan, P Mirzaei, M Gillott - E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 - e3s-conferences.org
In the last few years, the renovation and refurbishment of existing buildings have been
recognized as one of the main strategies to achieve energy efficiency and sustainability …

Energy Retrofitting in Public Housing and Fuel Poverty Reduction: Cost–Benefit Trade-Offs

C D'Alpaos, P Bragolusi - Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and …, 2021 - Springer
The Italian housing stock is one of the least energy-efficient in Europe. The residential sector
accounts for 36% of primary energy consumption, and nearly 76% of Italian dwellings were …

[PDF][PDF] Plano de monitorização de edifícios de habitação social objeto de reabilitação

B da Silva Seabra - 2020 - repositorio-aberto.up.pt
Nas últimas décadas, questões como as alterações climáticas, sustentabilidade e escassez
de recursos são primordiais nas políticas mundiais. Como tal, a adoção de novos …