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
@conference {2186, title = {Cost optimal strategies for the renovation of residential neighbourhoods towards energy and emissions neutrality {\textendash} Rainha Dona Leonor case study}, journal = {EURO ELECS 2015 - Latin-American and European Conference on Sustainable Buildings and Communities}, volume = {volume 3}, year = {2015}, month = {2015-07-21 00:00:00}, pages = {1706-1714}, publisher = {Bragan{\c c}a, L., Yuba, A. \& Alvarez, C.}, address = {Guimar{\~a}es, Portugal - 21-23 July, 2015}, abstract = {Buildings are one of the major consumers of energy in Europe. This makes them an
}, keywords = {Cost Optimal Strategie, Energy Performance of Buildings, European Building Stock, residential renovation}, isbn = {978-989-96543-8-9}, author = {Ferreira, M. and Almeida, Manuela G. and Rodrigues, A.} }
important target when aiming to reduce the energy consumptions and carbon emissions. The
majority of the European building stock has already some decades and so it needs renovation in
order to keep its functionality. Taking advantage of these interventions, the energy performance
of the buildings may also be improved. In Portugal the renovation techniques, both regarding
energy efficiency measures as well as measures for the use of renewable energy sources, are
normally planned at the building scale. It is important to explore the possibility of having large
scale interventions, has it has been done in other countries, namely at neighbourhood scale with
district energy system in order to optimize the results in terms of costs and environmental
impact.
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