RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Environmental Performance of a Cost-Effective Energy Renovation at the Neighbourhood Scale—The Case for Social Housing in Braga, Portugal
A1 Barbosa, Ricardo
A1 Almeida, Manuela
A1 Briones Llorente, Raúl
A1 Mateus, Ricardo
K1 Cost-effectiveness
K1 Neighbourhood scale
K1 LCA
K1 Embodied energy
K1 Energy renovation
K1 Social housing
K1 Whole life cycle
K1 Electrotecnia
K1 Electrical engineering
K1 Ingeniería mecánica
K1 Mechanical engineering
K1 Construcción
K1 Building
K1 Contaminación
K1 Pollution
AB It is increasingly recognised that the energy renovation of the existing building stock will be determinant for achieving 2030 and 2050 decarbonisation targets in Europe. As operational energy is being dramatically reduced through regulatory efforts and funding from the European Union, the relevance of the environmental performance of these interventions becomes higher, namely regarding embodied energy and carbon emissions associated with the materials that compose the renovation solutions. Although some studies address these impacts in buildings, the range of studies focusing on the neighbourhood scale is limited. This article presents a methodological framework combining a life cycle cost assessment (LCC) and a life cycle assessment (LCA). The purpose is to assess the relevance of embodied energy and carbon emissions on the cost-effectiveness of building renovation solutions towards nZEB at the neighbourhood scale by comparing an operational energy approach and a whole life cycle approach in a case study of a social housing neighbourhood in Braga, Portugal. The results suggest an increase in indicators values demonstrating a negative impact on the achievable reduction of both energy and emissions when the whole life cycle approach is considered, which can constitute a critical point for policy formulation in the decarbonisation of the built environment.
PB MDPI
YR 2022
FD 2022-02
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6427
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6427
LA eng
NO FCT / MCTES through national funds (PIDDAC) under the R&D Unit Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE), under reference UIDB/04029/2020. Currently, Raúl Briones-Llorente is a Research Teaching Staff at the University of Burgos, thanks to a postdoctoral contract co-financed by the Consejería de Educación de la Junta de Castilla y León and the Operational Programme of the European Social Fund.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 04-dic-2024