Apartment Renovation To Meet Energy Performance Targets

In this study, a pilot nZEB (nearly zero energy building) renovation of an existing apartment building is analysed. nZEB criteria of new apartment buildings was set as the energy performance target in designing renovation solutions.

Renovation the existing residential building stock is a key factor of this future task as the replacement rate of the existing stock is only 12% per year. Increasing energy performance has been the driving force for renovation of old prefabricated concrete large panel apartment buildings because energy related measures help to increase cost-effectiveness of the whole renovation process and ...

The plans will ensure the renovation of the national stock of residential and non-residential buildings, both public and private, into a highly energy-efficient and decarbonised building stock by 2050. The overarching objective is to transform existing buildings into zero-emission buildings.

1 Introduction Revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive [1] has set targets for renovation including establishing a long-term strategy facilitating the cost-effective transformation of existing buildings into nearly-zero energy buildings.

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