Comparison and development of sustainable office façade renovation solutions in the Netherlands

M.J. Ritzen, B. Meijden, van der, R. Rovers, Z.A.E.P. Vroon, C.P.W. Geurts

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    Abstract

    In this paper, the relation between building environmental assessment outcome and actual environmental impact is presented of sustainable office facade renovation solutions, by reflecting the outcome of the tool to the carrying capacity of a system. The relation is investigated through a comparison of the energy and material aspect of three office façade renovation solutions using four different assessment tools. Using a tool in which energy and material impact is related to the carrying capacity, current energy focused optimization might lead to a sub optimization of actual environmental impact. To illustrate this, a calculated façade solution is presented with minimal environmental impact based on carrying capacity.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)53-71
    Number of pages19
    JournalJournal of Facade Design and Engineering
    Volume1
    Issue number1-2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

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