Retrofitting of existing buildings offers significant opportunities for reducing global energy
consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. This is being considered as one of main …

Energy use in cities has attracted significant research in recent years. However such a broad
topic inevitably results in number of alternative interpretations of the problem domain and …

The current European building stock is ageing and requires significant renovation efforts to
improve its energy performance and ensure structsural safety. As part of the key actions of …

The paper presents risk assessment of construction projects. The assessment is based on
the multi‐attribute decision‐making methods. The risk evaluation attributes are selected …

Increase of the urban ambient temperature caused by local and global phenomena is
probably the more incontestable incident of climate change. Urban warming has a very …

The paper presents the results of an energy and environmental assessment of a set of
retrofit actions implemented in the framework of the EU Project “BRITA in PuBs”(Bringing …

Multi‐objective analysis is a popular tool to solve many economic, managerial and
construction problems. The objective of this research is to develop and implement a …

Energy-efficient retrofits (EERs) are probably the most cost-effective method to address
energy poverty in the residential sector. However, actual EER rates are far below those …

Since the end of the twentieth century, discussion on dwelling rehabilitation versus its
demolition and new construction has been steadily increasing in intensity, which is …

The term energy poverty is used to describe a situation of a household not able to satisfy
socially and materially the required levels of its energy services. Energy and fuel poverty is …