Energy Retrofitting of a Buildings’ Envelope: Assessment of the Environmental, Economic and Energy (3E) Performance of a Cork-Based Thermal Insulating Rendering Mortar

This paper presents an environmental, economic and energy (3E) assessment of an energy retrofitting of the external walls of a flat of an average building with the most current characteristics used in Portugal. For this intervention, a cork-based (as recycled lightweight aggregate) TIRM (Thermal Ins...

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Main Authors: José D. Silvestre, André M. P. Castelo, José J. B. C. Silva, Jorge M. C. L. de Brito, Manuel D. Pinheiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-12-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/1/143