[HTML][HTML] Combining retrofitting techniques, renewable energy resources and regulations for residential buildings to achieve energy efficiency in gated communities

B Adly, T El-Khouly - Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a multi-objective method of analysing the energy efficiency associated
with upper class houses in Gated Communities in Arid Zones. The application of building …

Grønt er ikke bare en farge: Bærekraftige bygninger eksisterer allerede

SM Fufa, C Flyen, C Venås - 2020 - sintef.brage.unit.no
Denne rapporten er utarbeidet på oppdrag for Riksantikvaren og har som mål å gi et
helhetlig bilde av den miljømessige betydningen av gjenbruk av eksisterende bygninger …

Multiobjective optimization model for maximizing sustainability of existing buildings

M Abdallah, K El-Rayes - Journal of Management in Engineering, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Aging buildings in the United States represent 70% of existing buildings, and they are often
in urgent need of upgrades to improve their operational, economic, and environmental …

Cost-Optimal measures for renovation of existing school buildings towards nZEB

T Dalla Mora, A Righi, F Peron, P Romagnoni - Energy Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
The energy policies of the European Union (EU) encourage the member states to convert
building stock into nearly Zero-Energy Buildings (nZEB) and national public authorities to …

Renovation of a school building: Energy retrofit and seismic upgrade in a school building in Motta Di Livenza

T Dalla Mora, M Pinamonti, L Teso, G Boscato, F Peron… - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
The main part of Italian building stock was built before the energy and seismic regulations,
so most of buildings need comprehensive refurbishment to achieve the performance …

Sustainable energy management

R Hafezi, M Alipour - Affordable and clean energy, 2021 - Springer
Though greenhouse gases (GHGs) are needed to make the earth habitable, it becomes a
nuisance beyond certain levels of concentration (Ritchie 2019; Ma 1998). The continuous …

[HTML][HTML] Probabilistic risk analysis and building performance simulations–Building design optimisation and quantifying stakeholder consequences

T Ekström, R Sundling, S Burke, LE Harderup - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
A method for risk analysis and building performance simulations is developed to optimise
the building design process and fulfil the design criteria. The aim is to support the decision …

Enabling energy-efficient renovation: the case of vertical extension to buildings

R Sundling, Å Blomsterberg, A Landin - Construction Innovation, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper is based on a study of six similar buildings built in Gothenburg, Sweden,
in 1971, which were in urgent need of renovation. A life cycle profit analysis shows how four …

Shining examples analysed within the EBC Annex 56 project

O Mørck, M Almeida, M Ferreira, N Brito… - Energy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The International Energy Agency established an Implementing Agreement within
the Energy in Buildings and Communities Program to undertake research and provide an …

Why are we not renovating more? An elaboration of the wicked problem of renovating apartment buildings

R Sundling, H Szentes - Civil Engineering and Environmental …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A large proportion of apartment buildings in Europe were built between 1950
and 1990 and many of them are today in need of renovation due to inherently poor quality of …