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Souaid, C. (author), ten Caat, P.N. (author), Meijer, A. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
The 2050 decarbonization goals coupled with the growing housing shortage in Europe intensify the pressure on new-build dwellings to enhance their energy performance. Beyond a zero operational energy, the focus has shifted towards reducing embodied carbon (EC). Against this backdrop, this study investigates the simultaneous impact of downsizing...
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van der Bent, H.S. (author), van den Brom, P.I. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author), Meijer, A. (author), Mouter, N. (author)
Achieving energy efficiency in the built environment requires extensive efforts in the renovation and adaptation of housing stock. A promising design solution is the heat pump. While gas boiler systems are commonly used in Dutch non-profit housing stock, the share of dwellings with a heat pump grew from 1.6% in 2017 to 3.2% in 2021. However,...
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van der Bent, H.S. (author), Meijer, A. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author), Mouter, N. (author)
Benchmarking is a method that can be used to measure progress and create awareness about the performance of organisations. Benchmarking the housing stock energy performance of Dutch housing associations can be used to measure and assess progress towards the decarbonisation of the housing stock. A new national climate agreement was signed in...
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van der Bent, H.S. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author), Meijer, A. (author), Mouter, N. (author)
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) enhanced the sustainable improvement of dwellings in the European Union. Member states formulated measurable goals to improve the housing stock, and monitoring systems were developed to give insights into the improvements. In the Netherlands, non-profit housing associations agreed to improve...
journal article 2021
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van der Bent, H.S. (author), van den Brom, P.I. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author), Meijer, A. (author), Mouter, N. (author)
In Europe, the energy performance of dwellings is measured using theoretical building energy models based on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), which estimates the energy consumption of dwellings. However, literature shows large performance gaps between the theoretically predicted energy consumption and the actual energy...
journal article 2021
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Jia, L. (author), Qian, QK (author), Meijer, F.M. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
The process of residential energy retrofitting needs to be advanced, especially in the hot summer and cold winter (HSCW) zone of China. Good cooperation from homeowners is the key to the smooth project implementation. Some studies have identified four categories of information as important factors affecting homeowners' decision-making in...
journal article 2021
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Qi, Y. (author), Qian, QK (author), Meijer, F.M. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
To be successful, energy renovation construction programs in northern China require both proper understanding of the causes of quality failures and effective strategies for renovating existing residential buildings for energy savings. However, surprisingly, although in recent years more attention has been focused on studying quality failures...
journal article 2021
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Jia, L. (author), Qian, QK (author), Meijer, F.M. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
Energy retrofit of residential buildings is an approach to reduce worldwide energy consumption. Residential energy retrofitting in China mostly focuses on multi-owner residential buildings with composite ownership that dozens of private homeowners own their apartment and jointly own the common parts of a building. The implementation of...
journal article 2021
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Jia, L. (author), Qian, QK (author), Meijer, F.M. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
The implementation of energy retrofit of residential buildings faces many risks around the world, especially in China, leading to low retrofit progress. Stakeholders’ proactive risk management is the key to the smooth implementation of retrofit projects but is normally affected by risk perception. Perceived risks instead of real risks are the...
journal article 2020
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Qi, Y. (author), Qian, QK (author), Meijer, F.M. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
Building energy renovations can effectively improve the environmental performance and energy sustainability of existing buildings. From 2007 onwards, the Chinese government has promoted energy-saving renovations of existing urban residential buildings. Nevertheless, various quality failures happen during the construction period in energy-saving...
review 2020
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Ebrahimigharehbaghi, S. (author), Qian, QK (author), Meijer, F.M. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
The renovation of housing stock in the Netherlands has the potential to help achieving the country's climate change targets. However, there are non-monetary Transaction Cost (TC) factors, such as searching for information and finding a reliable professional/contractor, that present barriers to householders when making the decision to renovate...
journal article 2020
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Qi, Y. (author), Qian, QK (author), Meijer, F.M. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
Building energy renovations contribute significantly to energy sustainability and environmental protection. These advantages have increased the importance of renovating existing residential buildings in many countries. In China, the government has supported the energy-saving renovation of existing urban residential buildings since 2007. However,...
journal article 2019
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van den Brom, P.I. (author), Meijer, A. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
Energy renovations often result in lower energy savings than expected. Therefore, in this study we investigate nearly 90,000 renovated dwellings in the Netherlands with pre and post renovation data of actual and calculated energy consumption. One of the main additions of this paper, compared to previous studies on thermal renovation, is that...
journal article 2019
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van der Bent, H.S. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author), Meijer, A. (author), Mouter, N. (author)
Following regulation of the European Union, objectives were formulated to reduce energy consumption of the built environment in the Netherlands. For the stock of Dutch non-profit housing associations it was agreed to improve the average energy performance to an average energy index of 1.40 in 2020. This research assesses and gives insights in...
journal article 2019
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Ebrahimigharehbaghi, S. (author), Qian, QK (author), Meijer, F.M. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
The housing stock has a considerable share of 40% in energy consumption and 36% of CO <sub>2</sub> emissions in the EU. In accordance to energy efficiency and emissions targets set by EU, The Netherlands has aimed to renovate 300,000 homes each year, leading to 50% reduction in CO <sub>2</sub> emissions, by 2050. Many factors including low...
journal article 2019
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van den Brom, P.I. (author), Meijer, A. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
Thermal renovations are considered to be an effective measure to reduce residential energy consumption. However, they often result in lower-than-expected energy savings. In this paper, we investigate some parameters that influence the probability on lower-than-expected energy savings. We do this by comparing actual pre- and post-renovation...
journal article 2019
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Ebrahimigharehbaghi, S. (author), Qian, QK (author), Meijer, F.M. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
The European Commission aims to decrease GHG emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050 (EU, 2017). The housing stock has a considerable share that equals to 40% of energy consumption and 36% of emissions in the EU. The current research aims to evaluate the homeowners' energy renovation decisions on the exterior, interior, and insulation...
journal article 2019
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van den Brom, P.I. (author), Hansen, Anders Rhiger (author), Gram-Hanssen, Kirsten (author), Meijer, A. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
It is commonly accepted that occupants have a significant influence on the variation in residential heating consumption. However, the scale of that influence lacks empirical investigation. The aim of this study was to distinguish which part of the variance in actual residential heating consumption can be attributed to the occupants, and which...
journal article 2019
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van den Brom, P.I. (author), Camarasa, Clara (author), Catenazzi, Giacomo (author), Goatman, David (author), Jakob, Martin (author), Meijer, A. (author), Nägeli, Claudio (author), Ostermeyer, York (author), Palacios, Andrea (author), Sainz de Baranda, Ernest (author), Saraf, Saurabh (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
The Building Market Briefs reports profile a single country building sector condensed into 50 pages. The content addresses the opportunities, the interests of stakeholders, costs and benefits of action to mitigate emissions — the primary driver of climate change. Also, the content is amplified with recommendations from local experts. As the...
report 2018
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van den Brom, P.I. (author), Meijer, A. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
The difference between actual and calculated energy is called the ‘energy-performance gap’. Possible explanations for this gap are construction mistakes, improper adjusting of equipment, excessive simplification in simulation models and occupant behaviour. Many researchers and governmental institutions think the occupant is the main cause of...
journal article 2017
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