In Italy,a large stock of public housing was built during the 1970s and 1980s with industrialized/prefabricated techniques.These buildings have envelopes characterized by the presence of many thermal bridges and low t...
ECO Modern Flats is an award-winning rehabilitation of a 96-unit market rate apartment complex built between 1968 and 1972. Each of the project’s four buildings consists of three floors of eight one-bedroom apartment...
As an advocate for the older building,I offer the following article as a compendium of useful arguments for the caring institution manager,trustee,or architect.They can be used to support your efforts to convince othe...
Sustainability on a residential renovation can be difficult to achieve.As this project was a complete gut renovation and two small additions,which included a new third story space,roof,and a rear addition,it was easy ...
INTRODUCTION The renovation of Friends Center in downtown Philadelphia began in 2003 as a modest capital improvements project to address outstanding maintenance issues in the Friends’historic Race Street Meetinghouse...
Given the growing interest in ground source heat pump and distributed heating installations in general for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions,technology implementation planning can benefit from the simultaneous...
INTRODUCTION Energy considerations are often neglected when it comes to refurbishments in office buildings erected in Germany during the first postwar decades.With a primary energy consumption ranging from 200 to 300 ...