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Circular economy in emergency housing: eco-efficient prototype design for Subaşi refugee camp in Turkey and Maicao refugee camp in Colombia: a research strategy of climate change
(Springer, 2023)
In recent years, there has been an upsurge in the number of forced displacements due to natural disasters, armed conflicts, and pandemics, which has favoured an increase in the number of temporary accommodations. Although ...
Artículo
Optimal retrofit solutions considering thermal comfort and intervention costs for the Mediterranean social housing stock
(Elsevier, 2022)
There is an impending need to retrofit the existing social housing stock to improve thermal comfort and to reduce energy demand. This research proposes calibrated building stock models to assess thermal comfort of the ...
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Ensuring proper management of building renovation based on an optimised decision-making model: Application in schools and social housing from southern Europe.
(2022)
One of the main challenges for architects and technicians is the efficient management of the built environment, in response to the growing deterioration and obsolescence in the building stock. This research introduces the ...
Artículo
Eco-Efficient analysis of a fefurbishment proposal for a social housing
(MDPI, 2020)
In recent years, the building sector has been turning towards intervening in the existing city building stock. In fact, it is generally accepted that the refurbishment of buildings based on sustainability must form the ...
Artículo
Energy related practices in Mediterranean low income housing
(Taylor and Francis, 2020)
The development of policies to improve energy efficiency and the retrofitting of the existing housing stock requires an adequate knowledge of the operation in practice and user needs. This becomes crucial when intervening ...
Artículo
Double-skin facades for thermal comfort and energy efficiency in Mediterranean climate buildings: rehabilitating vulnerable neighbourhoods
(MDPI, 2024-01-24)
The ongoing global energy crisis in Europe has intensified energy poverty in vulnerable households, prompting a critical examination of passive retrofit strategies for improving the habitability of obsolete social housing ...
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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 ...
Artículo
Eco-efficient analysis of a refurbishment proposal for a social housing
(MDPI, 2020-08-19)
In recent years, the building sector has been turning towards intervening in the existing city building stock. In fact, it is generally accepted that the refurbishment of buildings based on sustainability must form the ...
Artículo
Promoting sustainable and resilient constructive patterns in vulnerable communities: habitat for humanity’s sustainable housing prototypes in El Salvador
(MDPI, 2023)
The global challenges regarding sustainability and the guarantee of minimum habitability requirements have led to the transformation of construction practices, where research has failed to achieve sufficient dissemination ...
Artículo
Acoustic retrofit strategies of windows in facades of residential buildings: Requirements and recommendations to reduce exposure to environmental noise
(Elsevier, 2021-09)
Achieving an adequate indoor acoustic comfort environment is one of the main priorities to avoid adverse effects caused by noise. Façades are the constructive elements most likely to be retrofitted due to their delimiting ...