High energy efficiency retrofits of residential buildings
Journal Title: Metallurgical and Mining Industry - Year 2017, Vol 9, Issue 7
Abstract
Building energy efficiency retrofit is considered as a valuable way to improve energy efficiency of high-energy-consumption buildings. The sustainable retrofit helps to integrate sustainable development strategy into existing buildings and retrofit projects. This paper presents findings of a study on problems and opportunities of retrofitting the old houses built in Ukraine. The research defines and virtually implements an incremental intervention strategy, which incorporates different retrofit packages for a typical house. Consequently, the upgrade packages have been simulated to assess their impact on the house’s thermal performance. The paper reports on effective ways of preserving the integrity of such a house, while improving its thermal performance to the EnerPHit standard, and discusses the benefits of introducing this holistic approach into Ukraine’s retrofit practice.
Authors and Affiliations
Viktor Volodymyrovych Kaplun, Elena Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova
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