Environmental Technology Applications in the Retrofitting of Residential Buildings

• Other Authors: Luther, Mark B. (Editor), Martek, Igor (Editor), Amirkhani, Mehdi (Editor), Zucker, Gerhard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; automatically generated heating ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) controllers; Building Information Modelling (BIM); Industry Foundation Classes (IFC); advanced building controls; HVAC control; occupancy prediction; energy consumption; thermal comfort; smart building; smart city; Bayesian networks; elevator control algorithm; intelligent elevator system; decision theory; decision support systems; solar PV; battery; costs; CO2 emissions; electric vehicle; high-density residential district; pedestrian wind environment; computational fluid dynamics; enclosure boundary; lift-up design; bushfire; retrofit; ember attack; pressure differential; urban fringe; rural housing; pyro-tornadogenesis; backdraft; self-consumption; solar photovoltaics; heat pumps; thermal storage; space heating; space cooling; residential construction; retrofitting; sustainable construction; literature review; research trends; scientometric review; carbon emission; Green Building-Rating System (GBS); cross laminated timber (CLT); hybrid structure system; radiant system; conditioning system; residential building; BIM; IFC; architecture model enrichment; machine learning; IfcSpace; n/a
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The impact of buildings on the environment is nothing short of devastating. In recent years, much attention has been given to creating an environmentally friendly built environment. Nonetheless, it has been levied on new buildings. Residential buildings make up at least 80% of the built environment, most of which were built before any energy efficiency guidelines or regulations were introduced. Retrofitting existing residential buildings is a key yet neglected priority in effecting the transition to an environmentally friendly, sustainable built environment. It is pivotal to reducing a building's energy consumption while simultaneously improving indoor environmental quality and minimizing harmful emissions. This Special Issue showcases studies investigating applications of environmental technology that is tailored to enhance the sustainable performance of existing residential buildings. It helps to better understand the innovations that have been taking place in retrofitting residential buildings, as well as highlighting many opportunities for future research in this field.