Building Façade Retrofit with Solar Passive Technologies: A Literature Review
Worldwide, buildings have been presented as one of the main energy consumers and, for that matter, there is an increased tendency to invest in policies and measures that promote more efficient buildings. Among the chosen strategies, the need to promote the use of passive solutions and retrofit the e...
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| author | Sara Brito-Coimbra Daniel Aelenei Maria Gloria Gomes Antonio Moret Rodrigues |
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| description | Worldwide, buildings have been presented as one of the main energy consumers and, for that matter, there is an increased tendency to invest in policies and measures that promote more efficient buildings. Among the chosen strategies, the need to promote the use of passive solutions and retrofit the existing building stock is often pointed out. Portuguese building stock has proven to be obsolete in terms of thermal comfort, which can directly affect the energy demand for climatization purposes. Considering the great solar availability in the country, when compared to other European locations, building retrofit with solar passive technologies can be a suitable solution. This paper aims to review studies on the application of solar passive technologies to retrofit façades in the Mediterranean climate context, with a special focus on Portugal. Four retrofit passive solar technologies were reviewed, namely glazing, sun shading, sunspaces and Trombe wall technologies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27cd597fb42c4535bd7ac5f602f982992023-11-21T11:41:05ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-03-01146177410.3390/en14061774Building Façade Retrofit with Solar Passive Technologies: A Literature ReviewSara Brito-Coimbra0Daniel Aelenei1Maria Gloria Gomes2Antonio Moret Rodrigues3NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, PortugalNOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, PortugalCERIS, Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georresources (DECivil), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, PortugalCERIS, Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georresources (DECivil), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, PortugalWorldwide, buildings have been presented as one of the main energy consumers and, for that matter, there is an increased tendency to invest in policies and measures that promote more efficient buildings. Among the chosen strategies, the need to promote the use of passive solutions and retrofit the existing building stock is often pointed out. Portuguese building stock has proven to be obsolete in terms of thermal comfort, which can directly affect the energy demand for climatization purposes. Considering the great solar availability in the country, when compared to other European locations, building retrofit with solar passive technologies can be a suitable solution. This paper aims to review studies on the application of solar passive technologies to retrofit façades in the Mediterranean climate context, with a special focus on Portugal. Four retrofit passive solar technologies were reviewed, namely glazing, sun shading, sunspaces and Trombe wall technologies.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/6/1774solar passive technologiesbuilding retrofitfaçadeMediterranean climate |
| spellingShingle | Sara Brito-Coimbra Daniel Aelenei Maria Gloria Gomes Antonio Moret Rodrigues Building Façade Retrofit with Solar Passive Technologies: A Literature Review Energies solar passive technologies building retrofit façade Mediterranean climate |
| title | Building Façade Retrofit with Solar Passive Technologies: A Literature Review |
| title_full | Building Façade Retrofit with Solar Passive Technologies: A Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | Building Façade Retrofit with Solar Passive Technologies: A Literature Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building Façade Retrofit with Solar Passive Technologies: A Literature Review |
| title_short | Building Façade Retrofit with Solar Passive Technologies: A Literature Review |
| title_sort | building facade retrofit with solar passive technologies a literature review |
| topic | solar passive technologies building retrofit façade Mediterranean climate |
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