Existing building retrofits: Methodology and state-of-the-art

Z Ma, P Cooper, D Daly, L Ledo - Energy and buildings, 2012 - Elsevier
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 efficiency and thermal comfort in historic buildings: A review

A Martínez-Molina, I Tort-Ausina, S Cho… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, energy efficiency and thermal comfort in historic buildings have become
high-interest topics among scholars. Research has demonstrated that retrofitting buildings to …

Energy retrofits in historic and traditional buildings: A review of problems and methods

AL Webb - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy retrofits have the potential to reduce building energy consumption and carbon
emissions, but face particular challenges when implemented in historic and traditionally …

Energy performance optimization of existing buildings: A literature review

N Hashempour, R Taherkhani, M Mahdikhani - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Energy retrofit and renovation of existing buildings have an effective role in reducing carbon
dioxide emissions and ultimately global warming. Therefore, there is an increasing interest …

A systematic review of genetic algorithm-based multi-objective optimisation for building retrofitting strategies towards energy efficiency

I Costa-Carrapiço, R Raslan, JN González - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Most common practices for solving building retrofit problems lack efficiency and overall
robustness. Knowledge of novel methods that support decision-making (DM) for retrofitting is …

Dynamic thermal and hygrometric simulation of historical buildings: Critical factors and possible solutions

GG Akkurt, N Aste, J Borderon, A Buda… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Building dynamic simulation tools, traditionally used to study the hygrothermal performance
of new buildings during the preliminary design steps, have been recently adopted also in …

Energy refurbishment of existing buildings through the use of phase change materials: Energy savings and indoor comfort in the cooling season

F Ascione, N Bianco, RF De Masi, F de'Rossi… - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
With reference to building applications, recent scientific literature shows good potential in
reducing cooling loads by means of phase change materials (PCMs), integrated in the …

Building information modeling for energy retrofitting–A review

L Sanhudo, NMM Ramos, JP Martins… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Building Information Modeling (BIM), as a rising technology in the Architecture,
Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry, has been applied to various research topics …

Validation of dynamic hygrothermal simulation models for historical buildings: State of the art, research challenges and recommendations

HE Huerto-Cardenas, F Leonforte, N Aste… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The proper simulation of the hygrothermal behaviour of historical buildings is a challenging
task with several implications regarding the evaluation of indoor thermal comfort and the …

Green roofs in European climates. Are effective solutions for the energy savings in air-conditioning?

F Ascione, N Bianco, F de'Rossi, G Turni, GP Vanoli - Applied Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Several studies show the potential benefits achievable by recurring to roof vegetation.
Really, little literature investigates the economic feasibility of such solution. The paper …