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Design and Performance of Test Cells as an Energy Evaluation Model of Facades in a Mediterranean Building Area
(MDPI AG, 2017)
Abstract The current European energy policies have an influence on the need to rehabilitate the housing stock in order to meet the objectives of the European Union. Most of this housing stock was built without any type ...
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How do different methods for generating future weather data affect building performance simulations? A comparative analysis of Southern Europe
(MDPI, 2023-09-19)
Climate change will have a great impact on the hottest climates of southern Europe and the existing residential stock will be extremely vulnerable to these future climatic conditions. Therefore, there is an urgent need to ...
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Method for the economic profitability of energy rehabilitation operations: application to residential dwellings in Seville
(Elsevier, 2016)
This work proposes a method based on a computer model to assess the economic profitability of energy rehabilitation operations in the envelope of a block of residential dwellings (Virgen del Carmen) in Seville (Southern ...
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Bayesian calibration of building energy models for uncertainty analysis through test cells monitoring
(Elsevier, 2021-01-15)
Improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings is a priority for meeting energy consumption and CO2 emission targets in buildings. Building simulation tools play a crucial role in evaluating the performance of energy ...
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Indoor environmental assessment: comparing ventilation scenarios in pre- and post-retrofitted dwellings through test cells
(Elsevier, 2021-11)
In the next few years, outdoor temperature is expected to increase significantly as a result of climate change, a noticeable phenomenon, especially in the Mediterranean. In this future scenario, ventilation is a low-cost ...
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Impact of Climate Change: Environmental Assessment of Passive Solutions in a Single-Family Home in Southern Spain
(MDPI, 2018)
According to the IPCC Climate Change projections by 2050 temperatures in southern Spain will have increased noticeably during the summer. Housing—in its current form—will not be able to provide a suitable response to this ...
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Indoor environmental quality in social housing with elderly occupants in Spain: Measurement results and retrofit opportunities
(Elsevier, 2020-07)
Elderly people usually spend more than 80% of their daily lives in apartments that mostly belong to obsolete buildings with reduced spaces and inadequate indoor environmental quality, which may lead to tiredness and other ...
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Protocol for assessing energy performance to improve comfort conditions in social housing in a Spanish southern city
(WIT Press, 2017)
Current energy policies focus on cutting on energy consumption in buildings and standardizing the construction process to meet H2020 requirements. Indeed, retrofitting current buildings is a major issue to be addressed. ...
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Is indoor overheating an upcoming risk in southern Spain social housing stocks? Predictive assessment under a climate change scenario
(Elsevier, 2022-01)
Beyond thermal comfort, the future outlook of climate change poses a challenge for the health of the most vulnerable inhabitants of the existing residential stock. In southern Spain specifically there is extensive social ...
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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on indoor air quality and thermal comfort of primary schools in winter in a Mediterranean climate
(MDPI, 2021-03-03)
Research studies have shown the potential effects of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) on pupils’ health and academic performance. The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted renewed interest in the assessment of deficient indoor ...