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View article: Urban-scale building assessment and energy vulnerability mapping through an interactive geo-referenced web tool: demonstration applicability to southern Spain
Urban-scale building assessment and energy vulnerability mapping through an interactive geo-referenced web tool: demonstration applicability to southern Spain Open
Building decarbonization through energy renovation is a key challenge across the European Union, particularly in social housing sectors marked by high vulnerability. To support this goal, this study introduces a GIS-based open-access web t…
View article: How Do Natural Ventilation Strategies Affect Thermal Comfort in Educational Buildings? A Comparative Analysis in the Mediterranean Climate
How Do Natural Ventilation Strategies Affect Thermal Comfort in Educational Buildings? A Comparative Analysis in the Mediterranean Climate Open
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of indoor air quality in buildings for the well-being of their occupants. In long-term occupancy buildings such as schools, where environmental conditions also impact academic performance, t…
View article: Ventilation Strategies to Ensure Thermal Comfort for Users in School Buildings: A Critical Review
Ventilation Strategies to Ensure Thermal Comfort for Users in School Buildings: A Critical Review Open
People spend most of their time indoors, where air quality is crucial to health. In this context, this study conducts a critical review of ventilation strategies in schools to ensure air quality, as well as to guarantee students’ thermal c…
View article: Carbon Real: a land conservation model in which nature benefits from carbon markets and highly reliable greenhouse gas measurements
Carbon Real: a land conservation model in which nature benefits from carbon markets and highly reliable greenhouse gas measurements Open
Generating methodologies to make high-integrity carbon offsets  is a global challenge. This requires accurate techniques to measure both ecosystem carbon stocks and fluxes. Even though some of these technologies have been available fo…
View article: Are minimum indoor air quality requirements combined with passive retrofit solutions enough to guarantee thermal comfort in southern Spain High Schools?
Are minimum indoor air quality requirements combined with passive retrofit solutions enough to guarantee thermal comfort in southern Spain High Schools? Open
This study addresses the challenging research gap of assessing whether passive energy retrofit solutions are adequate for simultaneously achieving indoor air quality and thermal comfort in educational buildings, given the minimum ventilati…
View article: Assessing overheating and undercooling risks in existing public secondary schools in Mediterranean climate
Assessing overheating and undercooling risks in existing public secondary schools in Mediterranean climate Open
During the last years, there has been a significant increase in temperatures, as well as in the intensity and duration of heatwaves due to climate change, which noticeably affects summer, but also winter conditions. Thus, assessing overhea…
View article: Parametric energy optimization of a ventilated facade with windows in Mediterranean climates
Parametric energy optimization of a ventilated facade with windows in Mediterranean climates Open
Ventilated facades are an effective passive measure to improve the energy performance of buildings in warm and temperate climates such as the Mediterranean. However, although in the Mediterranean sociocultural context the use of windows is…
View article: Household energy vulnerability evaluation in southern Spain through parametric energy simulation models and socio-economic data
Household energy vulnerability evaluation in southern Spain through parametric energy simulation models and socio-economic data Open
When proposing the most suitable strategies for retrofitting the residential stock it is essential to consider energy vulnerability, the current state of stock, users' economic capacity and climate. This work analyses energy vulnerability …
View article: Building parameter influence on overheating and undercooling risks in the Mediterranean social housing stock of southern Spain
Building parameter influence on overheating and undercooling risks in the Mediterranean social housing stock of southern Spain Open
In recent years, there has been a notable rise in temperatures, along with an escalation of heatwaves as a consequence of global warming. This phenomenon conspicuously impacts summer and winter, leading to modifications in the building ene…
View article: How Do Different Methods for Generating Future Weather Data Affect Building Performance Simulations? A Comparative Analysis of Southern Europe
How Do Different Methods for Generating Future Weather Data Affect Building Performance Simulations? A Comparative Analysis of Southern Europe Open
Climate change will have a great impact on the hottest climates of southern Europe and the existing residential stock will be extremely vulnerable to these future climatic conditions. Therefore, there is an urgent need to update this build…
View article: Assessment of vulnerability to overheating at a regional scale through parametric simulation models and cooling degree-days analysis: The case of southern Spanish social housing stock
Assessment of vulnerability to overheating at a regional scale through parametric simulation models and cooling degree-days analysis: The case of southern Spanish social housing stock Open
The urgent need to adapt urban environments to extreme weather conditions due to global warming has become a priority when allocating European funds. Current regional retrofitting plans focus on improving the well-being of the most vulnera…
View article: Assessing thermal comfort in the Mediterranean social housing stock through test cells: Comparison of double-skin, externally insulated and non-retrofitted facades
Assessing thermal comfort in the Mediterranean social housing stock through test cells: Comparison of double-skin, externally insulated and non-retrofitted facades Open
Climate change will derive in severe repercussions to the built indoor environment, evidencing the importance of retrofitting buildings. Thus, the improvement of energy efficiency of facades is of the utmost relevance, given its representa…
View article: Building Assessment and Statistical Characterisation of the Mediterranean Social Housing Stock in Southern Spain
Building Assessment and Statistical Characterisation of the Mediterranean Social Housing Stock in Southern Spain Open
Given that the existing residential buildings are expected to become a huge part of the future stock due to their low replacement rate, retrofitting plans are crucial to meet 2030 and 2050 energy efficiency targets. Notwithstanding, an ext…
View article: Mitigation of climate change in Mediterranean existing social dwellings through numerical optimization of building stock models
Mitigation of climate change in Mediterranean existing social dwellings through numerical optimization of building stock models Open
Retrofitting the existing building stock is widely accepted as a crucial factor to reaching 2030 and 2050 climate and energy targets, given that the building sector is among the top three most dominant energy consumers. This paper presents…
View article: Optimal retrofit solutions considering thermal comfort and intervention costs for the Mediterranean social housing stock
Optimal retrofit solutions considering thermal comfort and intervention costs for the Mediterranean social housing stock Open
There is an impending need to retrofit the existing social housing stock to improve thermal comfort and to reduce energy demand. This research proposes calibrated building stock models to assess thermal comfort of the social housing stock …
View article: Empirical and Numerical Analysis of an Opaque Ventilated Facade with Windows Openings under Mediterranean Climate Conditions
Empirical and Numerical Analysis of an Opaque Ventilated Facade with Windows Openings under Mediterranean Climate Conditions Open
In recent years, there has been growing concern regarding energy efficiency in the building sector with energy requirements increasing worldwide and now responsible for about 40% of final energy consumption in Europe. Previous research has…