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Retrofit Options for Increasing Energy Efficiency in Office Buildings- Methodology Review
Abstract
Portuguese Buildings represent 35% of primary energy consumption in 2006, with non-residential sector representing almost half of this number globally and around 65% in Lisbon city. Expected to grow 5% yearly in this period, non-residential buildings rehabilitation is a great opportunity for energy rehabilitation for a stock of 800.000
buildings needing medium to high interventions. For this task to be successful it is also urgent that procedures
consider an accurate technical framework, where existing technologies and best case-studies can be considered, in
order to drive passive measures retrofitting forward. This paper presents an overview of a methodology development
which pretends to include the energy component in rehabilitation schemes with an integrated and comprehensive
analysis, achieving all those directly involved in the building process (owners, consumers, public bodies,
construction and project design industry) as well as new important players such as ESCOs.
Subject
Methodology DevelopmentBuilding Characterization
Modeling
Monitoring
Retrofitting Market
Passive Retrofitting Strategies
Citation
Pereira, N. C. (2008). Retrofit Options for Increasing Energy Efficiency in Office Buildings- Methodology Review. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /90837.