Unravelling Causes of Quality Failures in Building Energy Renovation Projects of Northern China: Quality Management Perspective

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...

Causes of Quality Failures in Building Energy Renovation Projects of Northern China: A Review and Empirical Study

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...