Abstract Towards the achievement of zero-emission buildings, conventional envelope solutions have started to become outdated. The concept Dynamic thermal insulation is an innovative approach, still under development, that attracts a continuously and fast growing scientific research interest, mainly due its perfect alignment with targets zero-carbon future. aim this study investigate variety suc...

Great potential for saving carbon emissions lies in modernizing European buildings. Multi-year modernization roadmaps can plan measures terms of time and are able to consider temporal interactions. Therefore, we have developed a mixed-integer program that determines roadmaps. These include changing the energy supply system, improving envelope, considering annually varying boundary conditions. H...

Abstract Buildings account for 40% of global Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In heating-dominated climates, most building-related emissions originate from building stock operational energy, especially buildings constructed before energy requirements were introduced. Renovation can mitigate emissions, however, materials should be included to increase the mitigation potential. Life-cycle assessme...

School buildings as a major part of public buildings are considered as one of the basic consumers of energy in Iran. Based on building typology and occupancy patterns, school buildings have a great potentiality for energy optimization while providing thermal comfort. This study investigates the architectural design parameters such as orientation, optimum window to wall ratio, space organization...

This paper gives a pictorial view of the relevance of lean thinking, particularly the applicationof muda as a supplement to the sustainable improvement diagnosis technique of existing public office buildings,for a fuller assessment of users’ requirement in Nigeria. The impact of perceived muda was related to the triplebottom line of sustainable development on perceived job productivity and desi...