1. Field survey on multi-family buildings in order to depict their energy characteristics.
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Chadiarakou, S. and Santamouris, M.
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ENERGY consumption of buildings , *THERMAL insulation , *ENERGY conservation , *PRINCIPAL components analysis - Abstract
The energy performance of buildings directive (EPBD) (91/2002/EU) opened the way for member states of European Union to create and apply a holistic approach on buildings’ energy performance. Taking into consideration the reduced ratio of new buildings, energy refurbishment of existing building stock appears as a nodal point. In particular, buildings in Greece accounts approximately 4 million, while 70% has been constructed before the implementation of the first Thermal Insulation Regulation (TIR), thus they do not have any insulation. So, there is an extremely high potential for energy conservation in Greek building stock. Therefore, an extensive field study was carried out in northern area of Greece in Thessaloniki, through a detailed questionnaire. The purpose of the research is to create an integrated thermal insulation scheme in order to succeed the highest mitigation of energy losses through building envelope. Retrofitting insulation solutions were evaluated and applied through various simulation scenarios with different levels of insulation thickness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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