Performance Adjustment: A Key To The Survival Of Existing Buildings

The energy efficiency of the existing housing is the subject matter of this paper. Notably, we focus on a few designs that solved the thermal insulation problems. Their ways unobtrusively suggest new readings of the buildings: all these interpretations meet the current requirements but from various...

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Published in:WIT Transactions on the Built Environment 2015-01, Vol.153, p.579
Main Authors: Lione, R, Minutoli, F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment
Buildings
Energy efficiency
Energy management
Housing
Survival
Thermal insulation
Urban environments
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Summary:The energy efficiency of the existing housing is the subject matter of this paper. Notably, we focus on a few designs that solved the thermal insulation problems. Their ways unobtrusively suggest new readings of the buildings: all these interpretations meet the current requirements but from various perspectives: technical-materic, requisite-functional and stylish-chromatic.
ISSN:1746-4498
1743-3509
DOI:10.2495/STR150481