Minimal renovation strategies for low-temperature heating with optimal comfort

To prepare the housing stock for the transition to collective, low-temperature heating, minimal renovation strategies for the integration of low-temperature heating and optimal comfort are studied within this research for various single-family housing typologies. Renovation measures on the building and installation scale were considered for the...

LT-Ready: Affordable renovation concepts that enable low-temperature heating and provided thermal comfort

The Dutch building stock has to switch to alternative energy-efficient heat sources, such as district heating or heat pumps, which will provide a lower supply temperature for the heating system in dwellings. Yet, the consensus is that dwellings need to be intensively renovated, to provide thermal comfort with low-temperature heating. However, it...

Renovation, Leasing a Prefab Renovation in the Netherlands

Upgrading the existing housing stock to a more sustainable and less energy demanding sector is a current issue. With a view to the European 20-20-20 target and the increasing energy prices, the sustainability and energy performance of people’s dwellings become indispensable. Until today still a significant portion of the housing portfolio has a...