Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
Title | Selection of refurbishment construction solutions to improve the indoor environmental quality and sustainability of buildings |
Publication Type | Communications in International Conferences |
Year of Publication | 2013 |
Authors | Silva S. M., and Almeida, Manuela G. |
Abstract | Building rehabilitation is essential to achieve the targets defined by the EPBD recast regarding energy efficiency, reduction of carbon emissions and use of on-site renewable energy sources. Besides the energy efficiency the Indoor Environmental Quality of Buildings (IEQ) and environmental impact must also be considered when planning a refurbishment project. Thus to propose an effective building rehabilitation is necessary select the adequate construction solutions taking into account their impact on the energy performance, thermal and acoustic comfort, indoor air quality and environmental impact of the building. In this work a multi-criteria decision analysis method, ELECTRE III, is applied to balance all these aspect, during the design phase of a refurbishment project, in order to assist the design team on the selection of construction solutions. Throughout the multi-criteria analysis performed, it was possible to verify that the rehabilitation solutions with lower embodied energy were the best refurbishment options. |
Conference Name | SB13 Graz - International Conference on Sustainable Buildings - Construction Products and Technologies |
Pagination | 196–203 |
Date Published | 2013-09-25 |
Publisher | Technischen Universität Graz |
Conference Location | Graz, Austria, 25-28 September 2013 |
URL | http://hdl.handle.net/1822/26171 |
Keywords | Acoustic performance, Energy Efficiency, Multi-criteria decision analysis, Refurbishment, Thermal behaviour |
Rights | openAccess |
Peer reviewed | no |
Status | published |
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt