Cost-effective energy and carbon emissions optimization in building renovation (annex 56): guidebook for professional home owners

This guidebook is particularly intended for professional home-owners, i.e. individuals or companies that own and manage residential buildings. It is assumed that these owners are responsible for ensuring maintenance, repair and general servicing tasks and lead the decisions on the improvements to be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Almeida, Manuela Guedes de (author)
Other Authors: Ferreira, Marco António Pedrosa Santos (author), Rodrigues, Ana (author), Baptista, Nuno (author), International Energy Agency. Energy in Buildings and Communities Programme (author)
Format: book
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/47529
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/47529
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Summary:This guidebook is particularly intended for professional home-owners, i.e. individuals or companies that own and manage residential buildings. It is assumed that these owners are responsible for ensuring maintenance, repair and general servicing tasks and lead the decisions on the improvements to be made regarding comfort, safety, saving energy or just uplifting the buildings to contemporary needs or style. The main goal is to help in the decision-making process towards the optimized renovation of the residential building stock. More specifically, the guidebook provides a framework for the understanding of the relationships between cost-effective building renovation, energy savings and the use of renewable energy sources, highlighting the total added value achieved with the interventions.