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Renovation of Swedish Single-family Houses to Passive House Standard : Analyses of Energy Savings Potential

EKSTRÖM, TOMAS LU and Blomsterberg, Åke LU (2016) 96. p.134-145
Abstract
A third of Sweden's two million single-family houses were built in the period 1961-1980, and many of them are in need of renovation. These houses have a high energy use and are in technical terms fairly homogenous. This investigation evaluates the theoretical energy savings potential of renovating houses from this period. Four reference houses were selected and simulated using common renovation measures. The results indicate that most of the existing single-family housing stock will likely not be able to attain the passive house standard after renovation and using today's technology. This is explained by the fact that some house characteristics impose a limiting factor on the energy renovation. Such examples are the shape, foundation and... (More)
A third of Sweden's two million single-family houses were built in the period 1961-1980, and many of them are in need of renovation. These houses have a high energy use and are in technical terms fairly homogenous. This investigation evaluates the theoretical energy savings potential of renovating houses from this period. Four reference houses were selected and simulated using common renovation measures. The results indicate that most of the existing single-family housing stock will likely not be able to attain the passive house standard after renovation and using today's technology. This is explained by the fact that some house characteristics impose a limiting factor on the energy renovation. Such examples are the shape, foundation and composition of the building envelope. Nevertheless, it is still possible to drastically reduce the final energy use by approximately 65-75%. (Less)
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deep renovation, energy retrofit, detailed energy simulations, single-family houses
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Energy Procedia : Sustainable Built Environment Tallinn and Helsinki Conference SBE16 - Sustainable Built Environment Tallinn and Helsinki Conference SBE16
volume
96
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12 pages
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Elsevier
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  • scopus:85006489012
DOI
10.1016/j.egypro.2016.09.115
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Passive house renovation of Swedish single-family houses from the 1960s and 1970s
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English
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  author       = {{EKSTRÖM, TOMAS and Blomsterberg, Åke}},
  booktitle    = {{Energy Procedia : Sustainable Built Environment Tallinn and Helsinki Conference SBE16}},
  keywords     = {{deep renovation; energy retrofit; detailed energy simulations; single-family houses}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{134--145}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  title        = {{Renovation of Swedish Single-family Houses to Passive House Standard : Analyses of Energy Savings Potential}},
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  doi          = {{10.1016/j.egypro.2016.09.115}},
  volume       = {{96}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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