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Construction Cost Decomposition of Residential Building Energy Retrofit
Buildings, 2023 Buildings are responsible for significant energy consumption and carbon emissions. Green buildings, which incorporate advanced building technologies, offer a solution to reducing energy use.
Dong Zhao, Yunjeong Mo
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Integrating economic considerations with operational and embodied emissions into a decision support system for the optimal ranking of building retrofit options [PDF]
, 2014 In the UK, 87% of dwellings and 60% of non-domestic buildings that will be standing in 2050 have already been built. Therefore, the greatest energy savings and emissions reductions will be achieved through retrofit of existing buildings.
Greenough, R. M. +8 more
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Energies, 2018 This study investigated the process of existing building green retrofits through examining a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Building: Operations and Maintenance (LEED EBOM) Gold project.
Xiaonuan Sun +3 more
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Energies, 2020 Targeting existing residential buildings for retrofit improvement presents significant prospects for global reduction of energy-usage and carbon footprints.
Amoah B.O. Kwame +2 more
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Outsourcing energy retrofitting of hotel buildings: the decision-making process [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 Poor energy performance of existing buildings worldwide has led to a crucial need to retrofit existing buildings to minimise energy consumption.
Fasna M.F.F., Gunatilake Sachie
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Economic Evaluation of Energy-Saving Retrofit of Existing Hotels
Energies, 2022 With the improvement of China’s economic strength, the energy consumption of public buildings is continually increasing, notably for hotels. The energy consumptin of a hotel accounts for more than 15% of its revenue, and the average energy consumption ...
Yu Wang, Ling Dong, Hongxian Li
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The trade-off between deep energy retrofit and improving building intelligence in a university building [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 In the last three decades, deep energy retrofit measures have been the standard option to improve the existing Danish building stock performance, with conventional techniques including envelope constructions insulation, windows change and lights ...
Jradi Muhyiddine
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Energies, 2021 Passivhaus EnerPHit is a rigorous retrofit energy standard for buildings, based on high thermal insulation and airtightness levels, which aims to significantly reduce building energy consumption during operation.
Chenfei Liu +2 more
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Energy conservation by retrofitting of dwellings [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 This article investigates the impact of energy renovation on the indoor environmental quality of apartment building during heating season. The study was performed in one residential building before and after its renovation. Energy auditing and classification of the selected building into energy classes were carried out.
Sánka Imrich, Petráš Dušan
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From Audits to Projects: Evaluating New York State Policy to Encourage Home Retrofit Projects
Buildings, 2021 This research explores socio-spatial characteristics of home retrofit projects in New York State and their association with the state’s free home energy audit program.
Elizabeth L. Hewitt, Jean Léon Boucher
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