State of the art in thermal insulation materials and aims for future developments

AM Papadopoulos - Energy and buildings, 2005 - Elsevier
Insulation materials are the key tool in designing and constructing a energy thrifty buildings.
This is demonstrated by the increasing thicknesses used in buildings, which also reflects in …

Green retrofitting–A review of current status, implementations and challenges

R Jagarajan, MNAM Asmoni, AH Mohammed… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
One of the largest threats to future development is climate change. Apparently, the building
sector has been the largest source of greenhouse gas production. One prospective solution …

European residential buildings and empirical assessment of the Hellenic building stock, energy consumption, emissions and potential energy savings

CA Balaras, AG Gaglia, E Georgopoulou… - Building and …, 2007 - Elsevier
The existing building stock in European countries accounts for over 40% of final energy
consumption in the European Union (EU) member states, of which residential use …

Evaluating sustainable retrofits in existing buildings under uncertainty

CC Menassa - Energy and Buildings, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper presents a quantitative approach to determining the value of the investment in
sustainable retrofits for existing buildings by taking into account different uncertainties …

The challenge of sustainable building renovation: assessment of current criteria and future outlook

O Pombo, B Rivela, J Neila - Journal of Cleaner production, 2016 - Elsevier
The building sector is one of the key consumers of energy worldwide. Thus, the retrofitting of
existing buildings provides excellent opportunities for reducing energy consumption and …

Application of phase change materials in gypsum boards to meet building energy conservation goals

NP Sharifi, AAN Shaikh, AR Sakulich - Energy and buildings, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy consumption in buildings has increased drastically during the last two decades.
Reducing the energy demand in buildings by improving their thermal performance has …

The impact of thermal bridges on the energy demand of buildings with double brick wall constructions

TG Theodosiou, AM Papadopoulos - Energy and Buildings, 2008 - Elsevier
The implementation of the European Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings
(EPBD) is a milestone towards the improvement of energy efficiency in the building sector …

Cost-benefit analysis on green building energy efficiency technology application: A case in China

Y Liu, X Guo, F Hu - Energy and Buildings, 2014 - Elsevier
In order to initiate economic evaluation of green buildings and foster their development, this
article conducts the cost–benefit evaluation of energy efficiency technology application …

Success factors of energy performance contracting (EPC) for sustainable building energy efficiency retrofit (BEER) of hotel buildings in China

P Xu, EHW Chan, QK Qian - Energy policy, 2011 - Elsevier
Hotel building is a type of high-energy-consuming building and most existing hotel buildings
need energy efficiency improvement in China. Energy performance contracting (EPC) is …

The concept model of sustainable buildings refurbishment

A Mickaityte, EK Zavadskas, A Kaklauskas… - … journal of strategic …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Sustainable development principles reaching many spheres of human activities, public
buildings refurbishment is not an exemption in this case. Buildings refurbishment supports …