Environmental assessment of energy efficiency improvements in historic buildings: solid wall insulation.

Gutierrez-Avellanosa, D. Herrera; Bennadji, A.

Abstract

Since the elaboration of the Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities in 2007, energy retrofit has become one of the priorities for the European Union. However, to achieve a sustainable development of the built environment, we need to not only address the energy consumption in the operational phase but also the environmental aspects associated with the production of the materials applied in the energy retrofit measures. In this case the sustainability is evaluated by comparing the embodied impacts generated during the entire life cycle of the materials with the energy use reduction achieved due to the thermal performance improvement.

Citation

HERRERA GUTIERREZ-AVELLANOSA, D. and BENNADJI, A. 2014. Environmental assessment of energy efficiency improvements in historic buildings: solid wall insulation. In Kouider, T. (ed.) Proceedings of the 5th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2014): architectural technology, towards innovative professional practice, 7 November 2014, Aberdeen, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online], pages 3-12. Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/archtechcongress1/products-services/proceedings/ICAT%202014%20Proceedings.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 5th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2014)
• Start Date: Nov 7, 2014
• Acceptance Date: Jan 8, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Nov 7, 2014
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2014
• Deposit Date: Mar 5, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 5, 2015
• Publisher: Robert Gordon University
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 3-12
• ISBN: 9781907349096
• Keywords: Traditional buildings; Energy efficiency; Solid wall insulation; Life cycle assessment; Thermal simulation
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1153
• Publisher URL: https://sites.google.com/site/archtechcongress1/products-services/proceedings/ICAT%202014%20Proceedings.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1
• Contract Date: Mar 5, 2015