Handbook of Retrofitting High Density Residential Buildings Policy Design and Implications on Domestic Energy Use in the Eastern Mediterranean Climate of Cyprus
This book investigates energy use and measures to improve the energy efficiency of public housing, using post-war social housing development estates in Cyprus as its example. On this Mediterranean island, which experiences hot and humid temperatures throughout the year, residential buildings need to...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Energy efficiency directives and policy aspirations in retrofit interventions
- Chapter 3. Methods and Tools
- Chapter 4. The significance of occupancy patterns and household habitual adaptive behaviour on home energy performance
- Chapter 5. A field study investigation to assess on households’ thermal discomfort and overheating risk of buildings
- Chapter 6. A field study investigation on the regression forecasting “neutral” adaptive thermal comfort
- Chapter 7. A Developing a novel methodology to calibrate building energy performance of social housing estates – Building diagnostics, energy audit and energy forecasting
- Chapter 8. A novel methodological framework for building optimization of social housing estate – Policy design and life cycle cost impact analysis of retrofit strategies
- Chapter 9. Developing an evidence-based energy policy framework to asset robust energy performance evaluation and certification schemes
- Chapter 10. Conclusions and future recommendations