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Greco, A. (author), Konstantinou, T. (author), Schipper, H.R. (author), Binnekamp, R. (author), Gerritsen, E. (author), de Graaf, R.P. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author)
Net zero energy is already an ambitious target for several buildings, especially since the DIRECTIVE 2010/31/EU that requires increasing the number of nearly zero energy buildings. The existing commercial building stock needs to be included in order to achieve the 2020 EU environmental targets. The main barriers of zero energy refurbishment of...
conference paper 2016
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Konstantinou, T. (author), Klein, T. (author), Guerra Santin, O. (author), Boess, S.U. (author), Silvester, S. (author)
Although refurbishment is a necessary step to reach the ambitious energy and decarbonisation targets for 2020 and 2050, which require an eventual reduction up to 90% in CO2 emissions, the rate of renovation is still relatively low. There is an increasing demand to upgrade both the physical condition and the performance of the building, with the...
conference paper 2015
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Konstantinou, T. (author)
Over the next decade investment in building energy savings needs to increase, together with the rate and depth of renovations, to achieve the required reduction in buildingrelated CO2 emissions. Although the need to improve residential buildings has been identified, guidelines come as general suggestions that fail to address the diversity of...
journal article 2015
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Loussos, P. (author), Konstantinou, T. (author), Van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author), Bokel, R. (author)
The existing building stock has been in the focus of European Union policies for energy savings. Nevertheless, energy certification schemes refer mostly to operational energy and usually do not consider aspects related to the life cycle of the building. To look at the overall energy cost during the lifespan of a building, the energy used to...
journal article 2015
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Konstantinou, T. (author)
Over the next decade investments in buildings energy saving need to increase, together with the rate and depth of renovations, to achieve the required reduction in buildings related CO2 emissions. Although the need to improve residential buildings has been identified, guidelines come as general suggestion that fail to address the diversity of...
conference paper 2015
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Konstantinou, T. (author)
The starting point of the research is the need to refurbish existing residential building stock, in order to reduce its energy demand, which is a necessary step to reach the ambitious energy and decarbonisation targets for 2020 and 2050 that require an eventual reduction up to 90% in CO2 emissions. In this context, the rate and depth of...
doctoral thesis 2014
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Konstantinou, T. (author), Knaack, U. (author)
Given the very low renewal rate of the building stock, the efforts to reduce energy demand must focus on the existing residential buildings. Even though awareness has been raised, the effect on energy efficiency is often neglected during the design phase of refurbishment projects. This paper discusses an integrated approach to energy-efficiency...
conference paper 2013
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Konstantinou, T. (author), Knaack, U. (author)
Refurbishing the existing building stock is an acknowledged issue in the building industry. Even though awareness has been raised, the design phase of refurbishment projects is often problematic. The decisions taken in the early stages of the design determine the final result; however, the assessment of the environmental performance only happens...
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