Integrated Methodologies Energy Efficiency of Historic Buildings

Ruocco, Giacomo Di; Sicignano, Claudia; Sessa, Anna

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.328

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“…A specific subject regarding energy efficient buildings are energy efficiency for historical buildings. This comes with an entirely different set of challenges that, for the most part are related to protection of cultural and historical value of buildings [5]- [7]. Fundamental significance in transition to low-carbon society is given to so called "energy communities" [8].…”

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Energy, Bioeconomy, Climate Changes and Environment Nexus

Blumberga

Chen

Ozarska

et al. 2019

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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Overview of research papers of International conference of Environmental and Climate Technologies (CONECT 2019) illustrates the wide range of topics covered in the issue. All overviewed articles are published in the Special Issue (Part I and Part II) of the Journal of Environmental and Climate Technologies. Scientific articles are divided into 5 thematic clusters: renewable energy resources, energy efficiency, policy and policy tools, waste management and bioeconomy that charts energy, bioeconomy, climate change and environment nexus.

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Energy, Bioeconomy, Climate Changes and Environment Nexus

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Chen

Ozarska

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Environmental and Climate Technologies

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“…This shows how research into developing a methodological approach is still in its early phase and has recently gained increasing interest. About 54% of these documents (n = 26) describe methodological approaches that deal with intervention processes, while 31% of them (n = 15) focus on energy-retrofit measures and energy-efficiency evaluation after the refurbishment process (e.g., [24][25][26][27]). Four publications (8%) present conservation methods that take into account the effects of future climate-change scenarios [28,29] and the evaluation of microclimate conditions [30,31] in the building.…”

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“…The majority of the methods (60%, i.e., n = 29) (e.g., [44,47]) were applied to single (as a whole) buildings while the rest (40%, i.e., n = 19) to interventions at district level (e.g., [34,49]) (see Figure 6a). Regarding the occupancy of the building, about 33% focus on residential buildings (n = 16, e.g., [48,50]), 17% on religious buildings (n = 8, e.g., [45,51]), 10% on educational buildings (n = 5, e.g., [24,25]), 8% on museums (n = 4, e.g., [31,32,46]) etc. (see Figure 6b).…”

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Towards Zero-Emission Refurbishment of Historic Buildings: A Literature Review

Loli

Bertolin

2018

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Nowadays, restoration interventions that aim for minimum environmental impact are conceived for recent buildings. Greenhouse gas emissions are reduced using criteria met within a life-cycle analysis, while energy saving is achieved with cost-effective retrofitting actions that secure higher benefits in terms of comfort. However, conservation, restoration and retrofitting interventions in historic buildings do not have the same objectives as in modern buildings. Additional requirements have to be followed, such as the use of materials compatible with the original and the preservation of authenticity to ensure historic, artistic, cultural and social values over time. The paper presents a systematic review-at the intersection between environmental sustainability and conservation-of the state of the art of current methodological approaches applied in the sustainable refurbishment of historic buildings. It identifies research gaps in the field and highlights the paradox seen in the Scandinavian countries that are models in applying environmentally sustainable policies but still poor in integrating preservation issues.

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“…According to a study by Di Ruocco et al ( 2016), before each intervention on the historic buildings it is necessary to consider all the technical recommendations of Mibact, UNESCO, and ICOMOS, evaluating all the future possible impacts [26].…”

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The Evaluation of Historic Building Energy Retrofit Projects through the Life Cycle Assessment

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The built environment sector is one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions and resource depletion that contributes to the climate change crisis. The European Commission, in the “Green New Deal,” highlights that the sustainable regeneration/requalification of existing buildings plays a fundamental role to maximize the objective of decarbonization and resource conservation for 2050. The aim of this study was to understand how historic buildings’ energy retrofit projects can contribute to achieve this goal. In this study, we made a life cycle assessment to evaluate an energy retrofit project of Villa Vannucchi, an historic building located in San Giorgio a Cremano (Naples). The results of this application showed that the use of hemp material, for walls’ thermal insulation, significantly reduces the percentage of environmental impacts in the entire material life cycle (compared with traditional materials). This was because the plant removes a significant percentage of CO2 already from the atmosphere when it is growing. In conclusion, the assessment of different design scenarios that promote the use of innovative technologies and materials can be of high utility to designers to compare and choose efficient solutions for the sustainable/circular renovation of historic buildings.

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Integrated Methodologies Energy Efficiency of Historic Buildings

Cited by 15 publications

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Energy, Bioeconomy, Climate Changes and Environment Nexus

Energy, Bioeconomy, Climate Changes and Environment Nexus

Towards Zero-Emission Refurbishment of Historic Buildings: A Literature Review

The Evaluation of Historic Building Energy Retrofit Projects through the Life Cycle Assessment

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