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Two-Stage Multi-Objective Meta-Heuristics for Environmental and Cost-Optimal Energy Refurbishment at District Level
(MDPI, 2019-03-01)
Energy efficiency and environmental performance optimization at the district level are following an upward trend mostly triggered by minimizing the Global Warming Potential (GWP) to 20% by 2020 and 40% by 2030 settled by ...
Thermal Comfort in NZEB Collective Housing in Northern Spain
(MDPI, 2020-11-18)
European Building Codes have transitioned towards Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) requirements in new constructions, demanding high levels of insulation and airtightness derived from research and standards developed in ...
Relationship Between Energy Demand, Indoor Thermal Behaviour and Temperature-Related Health Risk Concerning Passive Energy Refurbishment Interventions
(Sciendo, 2020-09)
The main objective of this article is to demonstrate that passive energy refurbishment interventions influence comfort conditions of households for both cold and hot annual periods, while they help to avoid or promote ...
Thermal Comfort Evaluation of Offices Integrated Into an Industrial Building. Case Study of the Basque Country
(Sciendo, 2020-09)
This paper reports the indoor air operative temperature and relative humidity outcomes of a sixteen-month monitoring campaign of an administrative area in an industrial building in Tolosa (Spain). In a survey, users reported ...
Analysis of Energy Retrofit Assessment Methodologies in Buildings by European Research Projects
(Sciendo, 2021-01)
Energy retrofit of existing buildings is one of the main keys to achieve European Union's decarbonising objectives defined in the European Green Deal. In order to proceed into them, European policy has been adapted and ...
Soundscape in Times of Change: Case Study of a City Neighbourhood During the COVID-19 Lockdown
(Frontiers Media, 2021-03-24)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown meant a greatly reduced social and economic activity. Sound is of major importance to people's perception of the environment, and some remarked that the soundscape was ...
Free Convective Heat Transfer in a Closed Gap between Concentric Semi-Hemispheres
(MDPI, 2021-11-09)
Free convective heat transfer in the closed gap between concentric semi-hemispheres is quantified by means of a numerical approach based on the volume control method using the SIMPLE algorithm. The average Nusselt number ...
Positive Energy District (PED) Selected Projects Assessment, Study towards the Development of Further PEDs
(Sciendo, 2021-01)
Positive Energy District (PED) is a relatively new concept from which many projects are planned, however, only a few cases are currently close to be materialized, therefore, in this study the PED projects in operation and ...
Environmental and Economic Prioritization of Building Energy Refurbishment Strategies with Life-Cycle Approach
(MDPI, 2020-05-11)
An increasing number of studies apply life-cycle assessment methodology to assess the impact of a new building or to prioritize between different building refurbishment strategies. Among the different hypotheses to consider ...
BIM Application for Sustainable Teaching Environment and Solutions in the Context of COVID-19
(MDPI, 2021-04-23)
COVID-19 had a major impact on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and it produced a crisis in Goal 4, which is aimed at ensuring quality education, among others. In this work, a university experience that aims ...