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Optimal retrofit solutions considering thermal comfort and intervention costs for the Mediterranean social housing stock

Calama-González, CM; Symonds, P; León-Rodríguez, ÁL; Suárez, R; (2022) Optimal retrofit solutions considering thermal comfort and intervention costs for the Mediterranean social housing stock. Energy and Buildings , 259 , Article 111915. 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.111915. Green open access

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Abstract

There is an impending need to retrofit the existing social housing stock to improve thermal comfort and to reduce energy demand. This research proposes calibrated building stock models to assess thermal comfort of the social housing stock of southern Spain (Mediterranean area). Several retrofit strategies are optimised using a genetic algorithm to obtain the best retrofit solutions, considering three objectives: annual overheating hours (%), annual undercooling hours (%) and investment costs (€/m2). Results are shown for four different climatic areas in southern Spain. This study finds that it is possible to retrofit the aforementioned stock considering investment costs from approximately 20–200 €/m2. The percentage of improvements for each climatic area are as follows: in Sevilla (B4 climatic area), investments costs up to 50 €/m2 led to 40% and 20% annual overheating and undercooling hours. In Cádiz, (A3 climatic area), 15% and 22% overheating and undercooling hours were achieved with medium-cost solutions (50–100 €/m2). In Almería (A4 climatic area), also medium-cost strategies reported approximately 15% and 30% overheating and undercooling hours. In Granada (C3 climatic area), 15% and 38% overheating and undercooling hours were obtained with medium-cost measures. Yet, applying high-cost solutions (100–200 €/m2) only significantly improved thermal comfort in Almería and Sevilla.

Type: Article
Title: Optimal retrofit solutions considering thermal comfort and intervention costs for the Mediterranean social housing stock
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.111915
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.111915
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords: Building stock modelling, Social housing, Sensitivity analysis, Multi-objective analysis, Optimisation
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10143761
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