Building performance robustness assessment: Comparative study and demonstration using scenario analysis

Does context matter? Robust building retrofit decision-making for decarbonization across Europe

“…Kotireddy et al investigate the robust performance of operational GHG emissions and cost for multiple retrofit options of a residential building in the Netherlands, concluding that the scenario-based approach is necessary to look at aleatory uncertainties and that it should more commonly be used in building design decision-making [30]. In a follow-up study, they investigate the robustness metrics in more detail, confirming the minimax regret method as suitable to balance risk and performance.…”

“…[15]. Nonetheless, other robustness metrics can be used if, for example, a highly optimistic or pessimistic viewpoint is needed [30][31][32]. So far, studies looking at scenario-based robustness of building retrofits mostly focus on the methodology and only look at single buildings.…”

“…We have investigated multiple scenario definitions and robustness metrics in Refs. [15,31] and use the minimax regret in this study because it was previously shown to be suitable for the GHG assessment of buildings [30,31,55]. .…”

Exploring Climate-Change Impacts on Energy Efficiency and Overheating Vulnerability of Bioclimatic Residential Buildings under Central European Climate

“…However, to assess the resilience of cities and buildings to climate change, studies of robustness and vulnerability evaluation have been made (see refs. [32][33][34][35][36][37][38]). For instance, Fonseca et al [32] studied the effects of climate change on the energy use of buildings in the United States.…”

“…Similarly, Shen and Lior [33] performed a vulnerability analysis on climate change impacts of present renewable energy systems used in net-zero energy buildings. Different authors, namely Moazami et al [30], Kotireddy et al [35], and others, presented workflows and methods for building performance robustness assessment to prevent significant variations in energy use. Given these points, Houghton and Castillo-Salgado [39] recommended using green building programs and certifications to help reduce the vulnerability of buildings to climate change.…”