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dc.contributor.authorMoran, Paul
dc.contributor.authorGoggins, Jamie
dc.contributor.authorHajdukiewicz, Magdalena
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-17T13:38:32Z
dc.date.available2019-04-17T13:38:32Z
dc.date.issued2015-04-23
dc.identifier.citationMoran, Paul, Goggins, Jamie, & Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena. (2015). Achieving nearly zero-energy buildings - A lifecycle assessment approach to retrofitting buildings. Paper presented at the Advanced Building Skins Conference, Graz, Austria, 23-24 April.en_IE
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10379/15129
dc.description.abstractIt is now widely recognised in the academic and business worlds that energy efficiency in buildings provides significant environmental and economic opportunities, but also challenges. The building sector offers considerable opportunities to reduce Europe’s energy consumption and carbon emissions. With the percentage of new buildings representing 1% of the total building stock and the low efficiency levels of the older building stock, retrofitting is recognised as the most immediate, pressing, and cost effective mechanism to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions in the building and construction sector. It is necessary to double or triple the current retrofitting rate to reach EU short and long term energy reduction goals. However, given the age, diversity, size of the Irish and EU building stock, and the economic variables associated, retrofitting to meet sustainability targets on time represents a big challenge. This paper focuses on the current findings on the most effective energy measures for building retrofitting, and the limitations in research on the retrofitting of buildings. Moreover, the paper discusses how the currently on-going research project nZEB-RETROFIT in the National University of Ireland, Galway can address these issues.en_IE
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors thank Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) for the financial support of this research (Grant No. RSF1295). The authors would also like to thank the National University of Ireland Galway and particularly the Department of Civil Engineering in the College of Engineering and Informatics for the help with the project.en_IE
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dc.publisherNUI Galwayen_IE
dc.relation.ispartofThe Advanced Building Skins Conferenceen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/
dc.subjectRetrofiten_IE
dc.subjectMaterials Technologyen_IE
dc.subjectLifecycle Assessmenten_IE
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_IE
dc.subjectNearly Zero Energy Buildingsen_IE
dc.titleAchieving nearly zero-energy buildings - A lifecycle assessment approach to retrofitting buildingsen_IE
dc.typeConference Paperen_IE
dc.date.updated2019-04-17T10:28:01Z
dc.identifier.doi10.13025/S8BK9V
dc.local.publishedsourcehttps://doi.org/10.13025/S8BK9V
dc.description.peer-reviewedpeer-reviewed
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden_IE
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dc.local.contactMagdalena Hajdukiewicz, Civil Engineering Eng 1023, Engineering Building, College Of Eng & Informatics, Nui Galway. Email: magdalena.hajdukiewicz@nuigalway.ie
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