dc.contributor.author | Moran, Paul | |
dc.contributor.author | Goggins, Jamie | |
dc.contributor.author | Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-17T13:38:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-17T13:38:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-04-23 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Moran, 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.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10379/15129 | |
dc.description.abstract | It 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.sponsorship | The 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 |
dc.format | application/pdf | en_IE |
dc.language.iso | en | en_IE |
dc.publisher | NUI Galway | en_IE |
dc.relation.ispartof | The Advanced Building Skins Conference | en |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/ | |
dc.subject | Retrofit | en_IE |
dc.subject | Materials Technology | en_IE |
dc.subject | Lifecycle Assessment | en_IE |
dc.subject | Sustainability | en_IE |
dc.subject | Nearly Zero Energy Buildings | en_IE |
dc.title | Achieving nearly zero-energy buildings - A lifecycle assessment approach to retrofitting buildings | en_IE |
dc.type | Conference Paper | en_IE |
dc.date.updated | 2019-04-17T10:28:01Z | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.13025/S8BK9V | |
dc.local.publishedsource | https://doi.org/10.13025/S8BK9V | |
dc.description.peer-reviewed | peer-reviewed | |
dc.contributor.funder | Science Foundation Ireland | en_IE |
dc.internal.rssid | 8537053 | |
dc.local.contact | Magdalena Hajdukiewicz, Civil Engineering Eng 1023, Engineering Building, College Of Eng & Informatics, Nui Galway. Email: magdalena.hajdukiewicz@nuigalway.ie | |
dc.local.copyrightchecked | Yes | |
dc.local.version | PUBLISHED | |
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