Location
Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
Event Website
https://event.ceri2020.exordo.com/
Start Date
28-8-2020 3:00 PM
End Date
28-8-2020 4:15 PM
Description
Many of our traditional buildings are disappearing or in danger of being under utilised because they are not comfortable for modern day living and do not meet our present day needs. If a building does not have a use, inevitably it deteriorates and eventually becomes a ruin or gets demolished. It is important to retrofit these buildings, which are part of our identity and can be powerful tourist attractions even though most of them are not listed. Some owners want to apply for retrofitting schemes and grants, but they are rejected because there are no standard solutions to achieve low levels of consumption in these kind of buildings. In addition, most of these buildings are built with traditional techniques such as local stone, historic brick, earth/mud walls, traditional plasters and mortars. This project defines the mains challenges to retrofitting traditional fabric buildings and plans a strategy using energy simulations tools, knowledge in nearly zero energy building (NZEB) retrofitting and restoration of heritage to help the market to retrofit these buildings without prejudice to the historic values and characteristics of the building.
Recommended Citation
Lopez Zambrano, Maria; Kenny, Paul; and Goggins, Jamie, "Challenges and Opportunities To Deep Retrofitting Of Traditional Fabric Buildings To Achieve Nearly Zero Energy Building (Nzeb)" (2020). Civil Engineering Research in Ireland 2020. 2.
https://sword.cit.ie/ceri/2020/14/2
Included in
Civil Engineering Commons, Construction Engineering and Management Commons, Environmental Engineering Commons, Geotechnical Engineering Commons, Hydraulic Engineering Commons, Structural Engineering Commons, Transportation Engineering Commons
Challenges and Opportunities To Deep Retrofitting Of Traditional Fabric Buildings To Achieve Nearly Zero Energy Building (Nzeb)
Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
Many of our traditional buildings are disappearing or in danger of being under utilised because they are not comfortable for modern day living and do not meet our present day needs. If a building does not have a use, inevitably it deteriorates and eventually becomes a ruin or gets demolished. It is important to retrofit these buildings, which are part of our identity and can be powerful tourist attractions even though most of them are not listed. Some owners want to apply for retrofitting schemes and grants, but they are rejected because there are no standard solutions to achieve low levels of consumption in these kind of buildings. In addition, most of these buildings are built with traditional techniques such as local stone, historic brick, earth/mud walls, traditional plasters and mortars. This project defines the mains challenges to retrofitting traditional fabric buildings and plans a strategy using energy simulations tools, knowledge in nearly zero energy building (NZEB) retrofitting and restoration of heritage to help the market to retrofit these buildings without prejudice to the historic values and characteristics of the building.
https://sword.cit.ie/ceri/2020/14/2
