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Human-Centered Retrofitting

European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2021, 2021
Many of the essential elements of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are driving the transition to Industry 4.0. It is important for companies and their staff to be flexible in accepting this change and to be ready to upgrade their equipment, structures and processes.
Ermini, Sara   +4 more
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A review on the energy retrofit policies and improvements of the UK existing buildings, challenges and benefits

Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022
There are inherited challenges and barriers the UK government faces in meeting the 80% carbon reduction target by 2050 compared to 1990 baseline. Technically research shows great opportunity to achieve this target through strategic mass-scale plan to ...
Jamal Alabid, A. Bennadji, M. Seddiki
semanticscholar   +1 more source

China's policies of building green retrofit: A state-of-the-art overview

Building and Environment, 2020
Green retrofit in existing buildings is of great significance in achieving a sustainable environment. Various policies have been introduced around the world to promote building green retrofit, whereas the uptake is rare for policy ineffectiveness.
Yongtao Tan
exaly   +2 more sources

Evolutionary dynamics of homeowners' energy-efficiency retrofit decision-making in complex network.

Journal of Environmental Management, 2022
Understanding homeowners' energy-efficiency retrofit (EER) decision-making is a critical priority for reducing the adverse environmental impacts of the building sector and promoting a sustainable consumption transition.
Rongkai Chen   +3 more
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Multi-objective optimization of building retrofit in the Mediterranean climate by means of genetic algorithm application

Energy and Buildings, 2020
Nowadays, as the role of energy retrofit on the existing building stock is recognized towards energy savings and emissions’ reductions, the actions to be undertaken towards this aim require complex decisions, in terms of the choice among active and ...
Federica Rosso   +2 more
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A Critical Review of Façade Retrofit Measures for Minimizing Heating and Cooling Demand in Existing Buildings

, 2021
The building industry is currently experiencing a myriad of challenges, including low energy performance in existing buildings. Since the facade considerably contributes to heating and cooling in buildings, facade retrofit is presumed as an effective ...
Soad Sarihi, F. M. Saradj, Mohsen Faizi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The evolution of building energy retrofit via double-skin and responsive façades: A review

Solar Energy, 2021
The building sector is – directly or indirectly – the first pillar for application of technologies aimed at reducing energy wastes. To achieve sustainable growth goals, worldwide, the building stock needs to be re-developed from the energy viewpoint ...
F. Ascione   +4 more
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Heat exchanger network retrofit with heat exchanger and material type selection: A review and a novel method

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021
Heat Integration with heat exchanger network (HEN) is a widely used way to save energy and improve efficiency. Varied types of heat exchangers and materials would influence the investment cost and affect the design of HEN retrofit.
Bohong Wang   +2 more
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To retrofit or not to retrofit?

Engineering Structures, 2003
Abstract Under what conditions is it economically convenient to seismic retrofit a structure? This paper present a procedure whose results allow to give a simple answer to the above question, central in earthquake engineering and, in a broader context, in any man-made activity.
NUTI C, VANZI, Ivo
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