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Title: Manual for improving the energy performance of existing buildings using timber and derived timber products
Other Titles: Strategies for a low carbon urban built environment
Authors: Hoppe, Michaela
Keywords: Buildings -- Energy conservation
Buildings -- Design and construction
Buildings -- Environmental engineering
Sustainable architecture -- Germany
Issue Date: 2010
Publisher: COST Office
Citation: Hoppe, M. (2010). Manual for improving the energy performance of existing buildings using timber and derived timber products. In V. Buhagiar (Ed.), Strategies for a low carbon urban built environment (pp. 107-112). COST Office.
Abstract: Against a background of advancing climate change, brought about by CO2 emissions, and rising energy prices, it becomes ever more important to use renewable energy sources and, above all, to improve the energy performance of existing buildings. A significant step in this connection is the introduction of energy certificates for buildings within the EU, which must be accompanied by recommendations for the cost-effective improvement of the building‘s energy performance. The upcoming introduction of this Energy Performance Certificate was the key reason for a research project of the Department of Building Physics at the Technische Universität München. The project’s primary aim is the development of design principles that will lead to a reduction of energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions in the built stock, using renewable and sustainable materials such as timber and timber derived products. The resulting manual provides technical support for energy consultants in helping them to choose ecological and reasonable energy refurbishment measures. Technical drawings of the particular measures are rounded off with explanation of the main structural and physical aspects as well as cost-effectiveness.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/42623
ISBN: 9789993272939
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