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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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Domestic Energy Efficiency Scenarios for Northern Ireland
Energies, 2022 Building fabric retrofitting is an important first step in improving building energy efficiency. The United Kingdom’s (UK) housing stock is one of the most inefficient in Europe, and Northern Ireland has the second-highest level of fuel poverty in the UK.
Oluwatobiloba Stephanie Ogunrin +3 more
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Energy and Built Environment, 2021 In most countries, buildings are responsible for significant energy consumption where space heating and air conditioning is responsible for the majority of this energy use.
Amin Al-Habaibeh +2 more
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Trends in sustainable architectural design in the United Kingdom: A Delphi study
Sustainable Development, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 880-896, July/August 2020., 2020 Abstract Despite the prevalence of sustainable and green building in the United Kingdom, there is little agreement on what is required to achieve this status. This research seeks consensus among expert sustainable architects in the United Kingdom on the relative importance of a range of factors in facilitating a sustainable built environment.
Robert Grover +2 more
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Lessons Learned from the First Passivhaus Building in Qatar
Environmental Science and Sustainable Development, 2019 Energy efficient models have become the path to reduce energy consumption and Greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment in many developed countries.
May Khalfan
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The Principles of the Passivhaus Standard Applied to Rehabilitation. Case Study
, 2023 This document describes the interventions carried out in Classroom 4 of the Former Military Hospital of Burgos, currently owned by the University of Burgos and used for teaching purposes. The building was refurbished in 2015 following the principles of the Passivhaus standard, obtaining the EnerPhit + 1 certification after the works.
Zurro García, Belén +3 more
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Building a green economy? Sustainability transitions in the UK building sector [PDF]
, 2015 This paper explores the interest by policy makers to encourage and develop a green economy, with a particular focus on UK government attempts to engender a shift in the mainstream building and construction sector towards adopting green building methods ...
Gibbs, David +2 more
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Towards a sustainable economy? Socio-technical transitions in the green building sector [PDF]
, 2013 Making the transition to a green economy is a major policy driver in the UK and other countries. Entrepreneurs are suggested as being at the forefront of this transition and as a driving force for sustainability. These “green entrepreneurs” may represent
Gibbs, David +3 more
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Domestic UK retrofit challenge: Barriers, incentives and current performance leading into the green deal [PDF]
, 2012 Copyright @ 2012 Elsevier - The official published version can be accessed from the link below.This paper reviews the thermal performance of the existing UK housing stock, the main fabric efficiency incentive schemes and the barriers to obtaining deep ...
Dowson, M +3 more
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Проблемы энергоэффективных зданий в Екатеринбурге и Свердловской области [PDF]
, 2015 In article the results of economic calculations confirming profitability of long-term investments into power effective building in Uralsk region with application of power saving up technologies are resulted.В статье представлены результаты экономических ...
Pleshkov, S. J., Плешков, С. Ю.
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