Benefits of energy related building renovation in residents comfort and well-being – Vila d’Este case study (original) (raw)

The relevance of the building sector in the global energy use as well as in the global carbon emissions makes the improvement of the overall ener gy performance of existing buildings an important part of the actions to mitigate climate c hanges. Regardless of this potential, large scale building renovation has been found hard to tr igge , with present standards mainly focused on new buildings, not responding effectivel y to the technical, functional and economic constraints of the existing ones. One of t he common problems in the assessment of building renovation scenarios is that only energy s avings and costs are normally considered, despite the fact that the investment on energy effi ci ncy yield several benefits beyond the value of saved energy (the so-called co-benefits). To demonstrate and highlight the relevance of co-be nefits achieved in the renovation process, a Portuguese neighbourhood with nearly 17.000 inhab itants that has been recently renovated is analysed in search ...