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dc.contributor.author | De Marco, Stefan | - |
dc.contributor.author | Buhagiar, Vincent | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-22T08:54:20Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-22T08:54:20Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | De Marco, S., & Buhagiar, V. (2019). Retrofitting near to zero energy homes in a Mediterranean climate. Cardiff. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48867 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The present local built environment has a common thermal comfort problem namely that most dwellings have a great reliance on electricity for environmental control indoors. The main objective of this research work was to offer a practical and cost-effective working solution to this problem. The feasible energy–saving measures that can be retrofitted to an existing dwelling were designed and applied to an existing building; a top third floor flat in Birkirkara, Malta, thus converting it into a thermally comfortable minimum energy home. The indoor climate of the subject flat, its mirror image apartment and the Birkirkara microclimate were monitored for one year and the necessary tools to analyse this data were utilised: a psychrometric chart analysis with Malta’s defined thermal comfort zones. Compared to its microclimate and the mirror apartment, the results show that the subject flat managed to keep a constant and very comfortable indoor climate across both the hot and cold seasons. It is only for a small portion (a total of 9 out of 122 days – 7% in summer and 16 out of 121 days – 13% in winter) that the energy–saving retrofit measures did not fall within the thermal comfort zones limits. This case study also shows that the combined energy saving retrofit measures had a payback period of 15 years, which eventually pays off with a surplus of over €700. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Cardiff University & Cynnal Cymru | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Buildings -- Mediterranean Region | en_GB |
dc.subject | Energy consumption -- Mediterranean Region | en_GB |
dc.subject | High technology industries -- Mediterranean Region | en_GB |
dc.subject | Sustainable living -- Mediterranean Region | en_GB |
dc.subject | Dwellings -- Energy consumption | en_GB |
dc.subject | Dwellings -- Energy conservation | en_GB |
dc.title | Retrofitting near to zero energy homes in a Mediterranean climate | en_GB |
dc.type | conferenceObject | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.bibliographicCitation.conferencename | The Sustainable Built Environment Conference | en_GB |
dc.bibliographicCitation.conferenceplace | Cardiff, 24-25/09/2019 | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
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