Energy Efficiency and Renewable Solar Energy Integration in Heritage Historic Buildings

Lopez, Cristina Silvia Polo; Frontini, Francesco

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.02.169

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“…Focusing neither on comparative analyses nor on climactic factors, investigations by Polo and Frontini [97] and Moschella et al [40] went a step further and resolved the problem of integrating solar thermal and photovoltaic panels with historic building frameworks.…”

Section: Residential Usementioning

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Energy efficiency and thermal comfort in historic buildings: A review

Martínez-Molina

Tort-Ausina

Cho

et al. 2016

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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a b s t r a c tIn recent years, energy efficiency and thermal comfort in historic buildings have become high-interest topics among scholars. Research has demonstrated that retrofitting buildings to current energy efficiency and thermal comfort standards is essential for improving sustainability and energy performance and for maintaining built heritage of historic structures. This study is an extensive overview of the literature surrounding this topic. This paper summarizes the different methods and techniques that have been used around the world to achieve performance refurbishments. Articles are organized based on the different building types used as case studies (residential, religious, academic and palace, museums, libraries and theaters, urban areas, and others). The results reveal that residential, religious and museum building types, especially from the last two centuries, have been most often used as case studies. Moreover, Europe, particularly Italy, is leading the research. The aim of this note is to demonstrate the feasibility of maintaining built heritage values of historic buildings while achieving significant improvements in their energy efficiency and thermal comfort.

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Section: Residential Usementioning

confidence: 98%

Energy efficiency and thermal comfort in historic buildings: A review

Martínez-Molina

Tort-Ausina

Cho

et al. 2016

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

330

143

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“…Notwithstanding this, proposals designed to improve the energy performance of heritage buildings must face the challenge of harmoniously merging several different aspects [12]. These include respecting the protection status of historic features, satisfying modern requirements generated by new uses, retaining balanced environmental conditions for artefacts and achieving comfort requirements for occupants [23]. The optimum retrofit should result in a rational balance of these components.…”

Section: Sustainable Regeneration Of Heritage Buildingsmentioning

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The Role of Education in the Sustainable Regeneration of Built Heritage: A Case Study of Malta

2019

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Vernacular architecture has great historical, cultural and architectonic value, but also much potential for reducing energy demand. However, the eco-refurbishment of heritage buildings within Mediterranean countries poses particular challenges. The research presented in this paper is part of a wider study aiming to develop an effective framework for the sustainable regeneration of heritage buildings in Malta, using the 17th-century Presidential Palace of San Anton, Attard, as a case study. This paper focuses on the role of education in this field. Through qualitative research, including workshops with stakeholders, a stakeholders focus group and a public questionnaire, the awareness levels, educational background and attitudes of key stakeholders were analysed and assessed, as was the policy framework within which they operate. Interventions were found to be required at all levels. Increased awareness and education, a supportive policy framework, and a shift in the perceptions and attitudes of several key stakeholders were identified as crucial in ensuring that interventions on heritage buildings do not negatively affect their environmental performance, and/or impact their architectural and cultural value. This paper features recommendations outlining a supportive strategy for improving the knowledge base of stakeholders, including students, professionals, the public, policy-makers and operators.

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“…New involvement efforts will therefore also be aimed at experts in other fields who are not acquainted with solar energy and energy efficiency technologies, for example, to foster collaboration among professionals in both historic preservation and solar energy to receive appropriate support and guidance …”

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Integrating Solar Energy in Rome's Built Environment: A Perspective for Distributed Generation on Global Scale

Ciriminna

Pecoraino

Meneguzzo

et al. 2018

Advanced Sustainable Systems

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Large‐scale integration of solar energy technologies in Rome's built environment epitomizes the needed general adoption of distributed generation via functionalization of buildings of all size and end use across the world, to become active energy generators and no longer energy users only. This essay identifies selected technology solutions and critical policy and educational initiatives to effectively achieve within the next decade (2018–2027) the widespread uptake of decentralized solar energy systems in the built environment on a global scale.

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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Solar Energy Integration in Heritage Historic Buildings

Cited by 92 publications

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Energy efficiency and thermal comfort in historic buildings: A review

Energy efficiency and thermal comfort in historic buildings: A review

The Role of Education in the Sustainable Regeneration of Built Heritage: A Case Study of Malta

Integrating Solar Energy in Rome's Built Environment: A Perspective for Distributed Generation on Global Scale

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