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Energy efficiency and thermal comfort in historic buildings: A review
Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, v 61, pp 70-85
01 Aug 2016
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Abstract
In recent years, energy efficiency and thermal comfort in historic buildings have become high-interest topics among scholars. Research has demonstrated that retrofitting buildings to current energy efficiency and thermal comfort standards is essential for improving sustainability and energy performance and for maintaining built heritage of historic structures. This study is an extensive overview of the literature surrounding this topic. This paper summarizes the different methods and techniques that have been used around the world to achieve performance refurbishments. Articles are organized based on the different building types used as case studies (residential, religious, academic and palace, museums, libraries and theaters, urban areas, and others). The results reveal that residential, religious and museum building types, especially from the last two centuries, have been most often used as case studies. Moreover, Europe, particularly Italy, is leading the research. The aim of this note is to demonstrate the feasibility of maintaining built heritage values of historic buildings while achieving significant improvements in their energy efficiency and thermal comfort. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- Energy efficiency and thermal comfort in historic buildings: A review
- Creators
- Antonio Martinez-Molina - Univ Politecn Valencia, Camino Vera S-N, E-46022 Valencia, SpainIsabel Tort-Ausina - Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSoolyeon Cho - North Carolina State UniversityJose-Luis Vivancos - Univ Politecn Valencia, Univ Valencia, Inst Interuniv Invest Reconocimiento Mol & Desarr, Unidad Mixta, Camino Vera S-N, E-46022 Valencia, Spain
- Publication Details
- Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, v 61, pp 70-85
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 16
- Grant note
- Erasmus Mundus Programme of the European Commission under Transatlantic Partnership for Excellence in Engineering - TEE Project
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Architecture, Design, and Urbanism
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000378671800006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84962264184
- Other Identifier
- 991021890006004721
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