Energy consumption in schools–A review paper

LD Pereira, D Raimondo, SP Corgnati… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Among all public buildings, on account of their educational purpose, school buildings have a
major social responsibility. Therefore energy performance in this type of building is of great …

Assessment of indoor air quality and thermal comfort in Portuguese secondary classrooms: Methodology and results

LD Pereira, D Raimondo, SP Corgnati… - Building and …, 2014 - Elsevier
This work shows the results of a field study about indoor thermal comfort, based on
investigations in Portuguese secondary schools' classrooms. The surveys herein presented …

Cost-optimal energy performance renovation measures of educational buildings in cold climate

T Niemelä, R Kosonen, J Jokisalo - Applied energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The paper discusses cost-efficient energy performance renovation measures for typical
educational buildings built in the 1960s and 1970s in cold climate regions. The study …

An approach for energy performance and indoor climate assessment in a Portuguese school building

H Bernardo, CH Antunes, A Gaspar, LD Pereira… - Sustainable cities and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The main goal of this paper is to present a set of well-defined and structured procedures to
establish guidelines for the application of an integrated assessment of energy performance …

An integrated approach on energy consumption and indoor environmental quality performance in six Portuguese secondary schools

LD Pereira, L Neto, H Bernardo, MG da Silva - Energy Research & Social …, 2017 - Elsevier
A major rehabilitation programme of secondary school buildings has been carried out in the
last few years in Portugal. With the introduction of HVAC systems in buildings that were …

A combined value focused thinking-soft systems methodology approach to structure decision support for energy performance assessment of school buildings

H Bernardo, A Gaspar, C Henggeler Antunes - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Several technological, social and organizational factors influence energy management in
school buildings, resulting in a complex situation away from the usual engineering …

Market-oriented cost-effectiveness and energy analysis of windows in Portugal

AM Raimundo, NB Saraiva, L Dias Pereira, AC Rebelo - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glazed systems in buildings can account for a significant part of overall energy consumption.
The unfavorable relationship between energy savings and the increased cost of energy …

Improving energy use in schools: From IEQ towards energy-efficient planning—method and in-field application to two case studies

L Dias Pereira, F Bispo Lamas, M Gameiro da Silva - Energy Efficiency, 2019 - Springer
Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and energy conservation in schools are complex
challenges. A significant part of the energy demand in these buildings addresses ventilation …

An application of a multi-criteria decision support system to assess energy performance of school buildings

H Bernardo, A Gaspar, CH Antunes - Energy Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
This work presents a multi-criteria classification system considering multiple, conflicting and
incommensurate evaluation aspects influencing energy efficiency in school buildings. The …

Teaching and researching the indoor environment: From traditional experimental techniques towards web-enabled practices

LD Pereira, JD Carrilho, NS Brito, MR Gomes… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper some of the recent developments and ongoing work at the Energy,
Environment and Comfort research group of ADAI (Association for the Development of …