Energy retrofits in historic and traditional buildings: A review of problems and methods

AL Webb - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy retrofits have the potential to reduce building energy consumption and carbon
emissions, but face particular challenges when implemented in historic and traditionally …

Energy-efficiency measures for heritage buildings: A literature review

S Lidelöw, T Örn, A Luciani, A Rizzo - Sustainable cities and society, 2019 - Elsevier
The energy performance of heritage buildings is attracting growing interest in research and
practice. Accordingly, as shown by our literature review, increasing numbers of articles on …

Energy performance optimization of existing buildings: A literature review

N Hashempour, R Taherkhani, M Mahdikhani - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Energy retrofit and renovation of existing buildings have an effective role in reducing carbon
dioxide emissions and ultimately global warming. Therefore, there is an increasing interest …

Life cycle sustainability assessment in building energy retrofitting; A review

HA Toosi, M Lavagna, F Leonforte, C Del Pero… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper aims to review the publications in the field of Life Cycle Sustainability
Assessment (LCSA) of building energy retrofitting. The main focus is to demonstrate the …

The impacts of restoration and reconstruction of a heritage building on life cycle energy consumption and related carbon dioxide emissions

N Atmaca, A Atmaca, Aİ Özçetin - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Today, about 35% of global energy consumption and related carbon dioxide emissions are
caused by the construction sector. This paper evaluates and compares the life cycle energy …

User-driven energy efficiency in historic buildings: A review

F Berg, AC Flyen, ÅL Godbolt, T Broström - Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2017 - Elsevier
The paper draws from the general literature on energy efficiency and historic buildings to
explain the importance and potential of user-driven energy efficiency in historic buildings. It …

A transdisciplinary approach on the energy efficient retrofitting of a historic building in the Aegean Region of Turkey

CD Şahin, ZD Arsan, SS Tunçoku, T Broström… - Energy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Buildings account for 40% of total energy consumption in the European Union, yet at the
same time they have considerable energy saving potentials. Historic buildings should be …

Heritage significance and the identification of attributes to preserve in a sustainable refurbishment

L Havinga, B Colenbrander, H Schellen - Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2020 - Elsevier
The refurbishment of the historical building stock is of key importance to meet the climate
goals set by the EU for 2050. When aiming to reduce the environmental impact of the …

Rethinking deep renovation: The perspective of rental housing in Sweden

P Femenías, K Mjörnell, L Thuvander - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examines renovation strategies among owners of rental housing in Sweden in
response to European energy policies that promote deep renovation as a means to reduce …

Energy performance optimization of traditional housing in Mediterranean climate

S Dervishi, F Pashako, X Dushaj, IO Dervishi - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy use in the building sector represents an important amount of the total energy
consumption. During the past decade there is an increasing attention in energy-efficient …