Print Email Facebook Twitter 2nd Skin approach to zero energy rental properties: Occupancy patterns to improve energy simulation Title 2nd Skin approach to zero energy rental properties: Occupancy patterns to improve energy simulation Author Guerra Santin, O. Silvester, S. Konstantinou, T. Faculty Industrial Design Engineering Department Industrial Design Date 2015-09-09 Abstract A number of second skin solutions have been developed in recent years to solve the problem of large scale renovation of housing. The 2ndSkin approach presented in this paper is currently under development by a consortium of academic and industry partners in the Netherlands. The objective of the 2ndSkin project is to develop a strategy for an integrated and effective renovation solution. This approach aims at developing a market-ready zero-energy solution that can be applied to rental apartment blocks in the Netherlands. The project will develop a process for post-occupancy monitoring and evaluation to provide feedback to users to ensure the zero-energy target. The 2ndSkin approach seeks a zero energy target regardless of the user. Thus in this approach, both building–related and user-related energy consumption are considered within the strategy. The objective is a solution that is zero energy regardless of the type of occupancy of the building. The strategy also aims at developing an integrated approach in which the user is part of the renovation strategy from early stages of the development in order to increase the acceptability of the renovation process and the understanding of the functioning of the systems. In addition, The WoON 2012 Dutch database was used to determine occupancy profiles for building simulation. Through statistical analysis, seven household types have been identified. Seven different occupancy profiles, based on the household types and seven occupancy factors created through Factor Analysis have been defined. Results of the pattern compositions are presented. The results of this investigation aim to inform the design process. Subject occupancy profilesrenovationzero energysecond skin façadebuilding simulation To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:5b0a88de-da3e-4aac-b2eb-56f30d8e50b8 Publisher Association of Building Green Futures ISBN 978-88-941163-0-4 Source PLEA 2015: 31th International PLEA Conference "Architecture in (R)evolution", Bologna, Italy, 9-11 September 2015 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) The Author(s) Files PDF 321432.pdf 334.21 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:5b0a88de-da3e-4aac-b2eb-56f30d8e50b8/datastream/OBJ/view