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Improving comfort conditions as an energy upgrade tool for housing stock: analysis of a house prototype
(Elsevier, 2022-02)
Given the role of the building sector as one of the current main causes of pollution in cities, the promotion of research on energy efficiency and sustainable strategies is key. At the Solar Decathlon international ...
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Evaluation of environmental comfort in a social housing prototype with bioclimatic double-skin in a tropical climate
(Elsevier, 2022)
The aim of this paper is to broaden understanding of the social housing prototype that students and researchers at the University of Seville developed in response to tropical climate conditions to achieve the maximum level ...
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Thermal comfort prediction of the existing housing stock in southern Spain through calibrated and validated parameterized simulation models
(Elsevier, 2022-01-01)
Due to 2030 and 2050 targets of the latest international standards, energetically retrofitting the existing building sector requires special attention. Prior to the proposal of retrofit strategies, it is necessary to analyse ...
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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 ...
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Thermal insulation impact on overheating vulnerability reduction in Mediterranean dwellings
(Elsevier, 2023-05)
Heat waves are expected to increase the use of air conditioning (AC), deriving in higher energy consumption. This research aims to determine whether thermal insulation is an effective retrofit strategy for tackling ...
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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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Climate change mitigation: thermal comfort improvement in Mediterranean social dwellings through dynamic test cells modelling
(Springer, 2022)
Global warming will lead to adverse consequences for human health and well-being. This research ought to determine whether passive low-cost strategies freely controlled by users (ventilation strategies, solar shadings or ...