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Evaluation of Thermal Comfort Conditions in Retrofitted Facades Using Test Cells and Considering Overheating Scenarios in a Mediterranean Climate
(MDPI, 2018)
Energy retrofitting of the housing stock is a priority in current regulatory standards as a means of reducing energy consumption. The strategies used in retrofitting housing stock ought to respond both to regulatory ...
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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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Assessment of Indoor Environmental Quality for Retrofitting Classrooms with An Egg-Crate Shading Device in A Hot Climate
(2019-02)
In the Mediterranean climate, a large number of educational buildings suffer from discomfort due mostly to energy-deficient thermal envelopes and a lack of cooling systems. Impending climate change is expected to worsen ...
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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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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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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 ...
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Thermal and lighting consumption savings in classrooms retrofitted with shading devices in a hot climate
(MDPI, 2018-10-17)
Most educational buildings in southern Spain do not meet current energy requirements as weak thermal envelopes and the lack of cooling systems lead to severe discomfort in classrooms, especially when temperatures are above ...
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Implementation of urban building energy modelling in historic districts. Seville as case-study
(WIT Press, 2018)
Buildings represent 40% of the European Union’s final energy consumption and are largely of resi- dential use. From 2006 to 2016, existing European housing stocks have been analysed at national level to make the energy ...
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Comparative Analysis of Thermal Performance between Courtyards in Mediterranean Climate
(MDPI, 2018-10)
This paper analyzes the thermal performance of three courtyards located in Dos Hermanas (Seville, Spain) simultaneously monitored during five days in the hot period of the year, from 4 June to 9 June. The results show a ...
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On the Influence of Shade in Improving Thermal Comfort in Courtyards
(MDPI, 2018-10)
This study analyzes the thermal performance of courtyards in traditional buildings in the city center of Córdoba (South of Spain), one of them displaying a shading component, to determine the influence of this precise ...