RESEARCH ARTICLE
Extensive Renovation of Heritage Buildings - Reduced Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions
T. Valdbjørn Rasmussen, E. B. Møller*, T. C. Buch-Hansen
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2015Volume: 9
First Page: 58
Last Page: 67
Publisher ID: TOBCTJ-9-58
DOI: 10.2174/1874836801509010058
Article History:
Received Date: 14/4/2015Revision Received Date: 22/6/2015
Acceptance Date: 3/7/2015
Electronic publication date: 19/8/2015
Collection year: 2015
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
In the debate on whether or not heritage buildings should be included in work to mitigate climate change impacts, it is important to assess the impact of these buildings. Therefore the results of an extensive energy upgrading of a listed complex was studied. Climate change and measures to mitigate its effects have been a global priority for more than a decade. Efforts to mitigate climate change have focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, especially CO. As a consequence, there is an increased interest in reducing the energy consumption and increase the indoor climate standard of many existing, older and heritage buildings. However, heritage buildings possess heritage values that need to be protected while on the other hand the buildings need to remain part of the attractive building stock, as many of these buildings will otherwise deteriorate. Based on an example, this paper identifies feasible energy-upgrading measures for implementation including measures to provide an acceptable indoor climate. The energy savings as well as the reduction of CO emissions are calculated. Furthermore, it is discussed how measures can affect the durability of a heritage building, as measures may create a far more vulnerable building and change its robustness to withstand moisture and user behaviour.
