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Ricci, Diletta (author), Konstantinou, T. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)The renovation of existing buildings is widely recognized as a powerful strategy for reducing emissions and land use. However, when it comes to residential buildings, the socio-technical challenges are particularly complex. The necessity and urgency of increasing energy efficiency often lead to retrofit processes that overlook residents’ needs...conference paper 2024
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Elgendy, R. (author), Mlecnik, E. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author), Qian, QK (author)The need for energy efficient buildings has become increasingly important in the context of climate change mitigation. Across the European Union (EU), 41,2% of the population resides in multiple ownership apartment buildings with figures rising in some countries as high as 65%. A majority of these buildings are in need of energy renovation....conference paper 2023
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Dang, M.K. (author), Cunin, Maxime (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author)The joint deployment of energy reduction actions across multiple buildings at once is much needed to reach climate targets, but collective decision-making with shared ownership is a complex process. Each homeowner is accountable for their own energy use, while being constrained by their personal financial capacity and will to act with other co...conference paper 2023
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Krutisch, L.N. (author), Qian, QK (author), Mlecnik, E. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)Energy efficient renovation (EER) of the owner-occupied building stock is identified as a key effort to pursue in order to mitigate climate change. However, current renovation rates continuously fall behind and a need to foster EER uptake is apparent. As homeowners' behaviour and decision-making are crucial in the context of EER, behavioural...conference paper 2023
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Ebrahimigharehbaghi, S. (author), Qian, QK (author), de Vries, G. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)The building sector can contribute considerably to reducing global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In the Netherlands, the GHG emissions must be mitigated by 95% by 2050 relative to the 1990 baseline. Various factors, such as low renovation rates cause uncertainties in reaching these targets. The current study aims for investigating the barriers...conference paper 2022
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van Beek, E. (author), Boess, S.U. (author)There is an increasing acknowledgement of the role of residents in the success of low- or zero-energy renovations. One of the approaches to improve this factor is by influencing resident behaviour by means of devices for feedback on consumption. The goal of these systems is to help residents make sense of the relation between their actions and...conference paper 2022
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Wahi, P. (author), Konstantinou, T. (author), Tenpierik, M.J. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)In the Netherlands, district heating with a lower temperature supply (<70°C) will play a crucial part in accomplishing the energy transition goals of delivering natural gas-free sustainable heating to dwellings. The existing dwellings often require energy renovations to make them suitable for lower temperature heating. However, choosing...conference paper 2022
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Konstantinou, T. (author), Boess, S.U. (author)Accounting for almost 40% of energy consumption in the European Union, the role of the existing building stock is instrumental in the energy transition and the goals for carbon neutrality of the built environment. An effective renovation plan must significantly improve the current energy performance towards a nearly zero-energy level....conference paper 2022
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de Haas, K. (author), Berkhout, B (author), Dekker, H.R.E. (author), Broere, W. (author)Determining the scope of (structural) renovation of aging tunnels is a complicated task and modular renovation is becoming increasingly necessary. The COB Tunnel Programme aims at developing the knowledge necessary to renovate these tunnels in a modular fashion, to reduce hindrance as much as possible. Part of this program is the development of...conference paper 2022
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Mlecnik, E. (author)Many multi-owned condominiums need an energy renovation, but in practice the number of such renovations is low. Dutch policy emphasizes the need to search for cost-neutral renovation solutions. This study therefore examined how the number of living-cost neutral renovations of buildings owned by assemblies of homeowners in the Netherlands can be...conference paper 2022
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Mlecnik, E. (author), Hidalgo-Betanzos, Juan Maria (author)IEA EBC Annex 75 aims to investigate, amongst other policy for reducing carbon emissions and energy use in buildings at district level, combining both energy efficiency measures and renewable energy measures. Particularly policy instruments deployed at the local level targeting owners and investors could increase residential building renovation...conference paper 2022
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Krijnen, T.F. (author), El-Diraby, Tamer (author), Konomi, Theohar (author), Attalla, Ahmed (author)Multi-disciplinary three-dimensional representations of building designs are available in BIM. However, thermal analysis often remains a manual task due to disparities in modelling: In IFC, buildings are decomposed into sets of elements with individual solid volumes. Thermal analysis requires interfaces between pairs of adjacent spaces.<br/>In...conference paper 2021
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Mlecnik, E. (author), Oung, Oubbol (author), Lelieveld, Ariane (author), de Snoo, Marianne (author), Vos, Coen (author)Frontrunner local authorities aim to achieve a market acceleration in the owner-occupied single-family home renovation sector by increasing awareness of – and enabling access to – low-carbon technologies in residential target areas. With their easy availability, adaptability, and possible mobility, pop-up consultancy desks can provide local...conference paper 2021
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Konstantinou, T. (author), de Jonge, Tim (author), Oorschot, L.M. (author), El Messlaki, S. (author), van Oel, C.J. (author), Asselbergs, M.F. (author)Decarbonizing the housing stock is one of the largest challenges in the built environment today, and is getting attention not only from policymakers, but also from social housing corporations, financial and tenants’ organisations. In line with the international Paris-Climate-Change-Conference 2015, Dutch cities and housing associations have...conference paper 2020
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Kwon, Minyoung (author), Remøy, H. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, Andy (author), Knaack, Ulrich (author)This paper highlights the importance of considering user satisfaction in office renovation. Userfocused design approach in nearly zero energy office (nZEO) renovation is a way to increase user satisfaction and the value of office quality while meeting energy efficiency goal. The purpose of this paper is to investigate considerable measurement...conference paper 2017
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Romnée, A. (author), Billiet, L. (author), Mahieu, O. (author), Vrijders, J. (author)Since a few years, the construction sector is focusing on minimizing resources exploitation and waste arising on construction sites. The European Commission has highlighted prevention and reuse as key actions for waste management. The Brussels Capital-Region is a densely built region, generating more than 600 000 tons of C&D waste each year....conference paper 2017
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Greco, Angela (author), Konstantinou, T. (author), Schipper, H.R. (author), Binnekamp, R. (author), Gerritsen, Esther (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author)In Europe, the DIRECTIVE 2010/31/EU requires increasing the number of nearly zero energy buildings. The existing building stock needs to be included in order to achieve the 2020 EU environmental targets. The main barriers of energy neutral refurbishment of existing non-residential buildings appear to be financial rather than technical, next to a...conference paper 2017
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Visscher, H.J. (author)The European Union formulated high ambitions of energy reductions to be realised in the built environment. The existing housing stock covers a major share of energy use and is seen as high potential to contribute to the savings. This should be realised in the first place by reducing the energy demand for heating by renovation of the existing...conference paper 2017
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Kwon, M. (author), Remøy, H.T. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author), Knaack, U. (author)This paper highlights the importance of considering user satisfaction in office renovation. Userfocused design approach in nearly zero energy office (nZEO) renovation is a way to increase user satisfaction and the value of office quality while meeting energy efficiency goal. The purpose of this paper is to investigate considerable measurement...conference paper 2017
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Mlecnik, E. (author), Straub, A. (author), Haavik, T. (author)On average 64 % of the dwellings in Europe are owner-occupied. Although there is an enormous potential to reduce their energy use and hence CO2 emissions, the current average renovation rate is just around 1,2 %. The development of one-stop-shops is expected to increase the market uptake of home renovation. Developing emerging frontrunner...conference paper 2017