Sustainable refurbishment: quantifying the impact of facade changes in multi-storey, multi-occupancy buildings
Bahaj, A.S., James, P.A.B. and Jentsch, M.F. (2006) Sustainable refurbishment: quantifying the impact of facade changes in multi-storey, multi-occupancy buildings. In, World Renewable Energy Congress 2006. World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC-IX) , Elsevier Science.
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Building refurbishment is key to reducing the carbon footprint and improving comfort in the built environment. However, quantifying the real benefit of a facade change, which can bring advantages to owners (value), occupants (comfort) and the society (sustainability), is not a simple task. At a building physics level, the changes in kWh per m2 of heating / cooling load can be readily quantified. However, there are many subtle layers of operation and mainte-nance below these headline figures which determine how sustainable a building is in reality, such as for example quality of life factors. This paper considers the range of approaches taken by a fa㧡e refurbishment consortium to assess refurbishment solutions for multi-storey, multi-occupancy buildings and how to critically evaluate them. Each of the applied tools spans one or more of the three building parameters of people, product and process. ‘De-cision making’ analytical network process and parametric building analysis tools are de-scribed and their potential impact on the building refurbishment process evaluated.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| ISBNs: | 0080450563 (hardback) 9780080450568 (hardback) |
| Subjects: | T Technology T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Civil Engineering and the Environment |
| Item ID: | 53450 |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 11:49 |
| Contributors: | Bahaj, A.S. (Author) James, P.A.B. (Author) Jentsch, M.F. (Author) |
| Date: | 6 August 2006 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/53450 |
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