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Plug and Play Modular Façade Construction System for Renovation for Residential Buildings
(MDPI, 2021-09-18)
The present paper focuses on the architectural and constructional features required to ensure that building envelope renovation are safe, functional, and adaptable to the building stock, with particular focus on “plug and ...
Assessment of Social Housing Energy and Thermal Performance in Relation to Occupants & Behaviour and COVID-19 Influence: A Case Study in the Basque Country, Spain
(MDPI, 2022-05-06)
Evidence shows that people have a major impact on building performance. Occupants’ impact is especially important in social housing, where their occupants may present greater vulnerabilities, and their needs are not always ...
Improving Energy Performance of Historic Buildings through Hygrothermal Assessment of the Envelope
(MDPI, 2021-09-15)
The intervention on historic buildings through building energy retrofitting has become one of the current challenges of improving energy efficiency. Nonetheless, this building typology presents certain complexities. Among ...
Barriers and challenges of the assessment framework of the Commission Recommendation (EU) 2019/786 on building renovation by European RTD projects
(Elsevier, 2022-08)
The refurbishment of buildings is one of the main keys to pursue the targets of the European Green Deal, and to accomplish the European Union has applied two mechanisms among others: the European policy and the European ...
Surveillance and Foresight Process of the Sustainable City Context: Innovation Potential Niches and Trends at the European Level
(MDPI, 2022)
Over the last decades, the environmental situation of the planet has worsened. Much of the pollution and energy consumption is attributed to cities, which are expected to increase in size and population in the coming years. ...
Environmental and economic optimization and prioritization tool-kit for residential building renovation strategies with life cycle approach
(Elsevier, 2023-01)
The most recent regulations, as well as the scientific studies, remark the importance of the evaluation of the entire life cycle on building renovations, relative to the environmental impact and economic feasibility, making ...
Comparative Analysis of the Effect of the Evolution of Energy Saving Regulations on the Indoor Summer Comfort of Five Homes on the Coast of the Basque Country
(MDPI, 2022)
In the last decade, several European directives have been established to contribute to the 2020, 2030 and 2050 energy saving targets and impose energy efficiency requirements for new construction, existing buildings and ...
Life Cycle Analysis Challenges through Building Rating Schemes within the European Framework
(MDPI, 2022-04-21)
The decarbonisation of buildings is a crucial milestone if European cities mean to reach their mitigation targets. The construction sector was responsible for 38% of the GHG emissions in 2020. From these emissions, 11% is ...
Pedagogical Approaches for Sustainable Development in Building in Higher Education
(MDPI, 2021-09-13)
Education for sustainable development (ESD) is one of the great challenges that university faculties have to face. Therefore, a multidisciplinary team from the faculty of Engineering of Gipuzkoa (EIG) at the University of ...
Environmental Assessment of University Campuses: The Case of the University of Navarra in Pamplona (Spain)
(MDPI, 2021-08-01)
Current European environmental sustainability standards call for achieving a reduction in energy consumption and CO2 emissions for a horizon set in the year 2050. It has been verified that buildings and cities have a higher ...