《Energy retrofit of a single family house Life cycle net energy saving and environmental benefits》.pdfVIP

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 27 (2013) 283–293 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews journal homepage: /locate/rser Energy retrofit of a single-family house: Life cycle net energy saving and environmental benefits Marco Beccali a, Maurizio Cellura a, Mario Fontana a, Sonia Longo a, Marina Mistretta b,n a Dipartimento di Energia, Ingegneria dell Informazione e Modelli Matematici—Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 9, 90128 Palermo, Italy b Dipartimento Patrimonio, Architettura, Urbanistica—Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Salita Melissari, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: When a building undergoes a retrofit project, the goal of assessing energy and environmental Received 6 December 2012 performances of retrofit actions is a complex matter. Building and its environment are complex systems Received in revised form in which all sub-systems are strongly interdependent and influence the overall efficiency performance. In 13 May 2013 the following paper, starting from a literature review of building life-cycle studies, the authors highlight Accepted 20 May 2013 that there is a strong interplay among all the phases of a building life-cycle, as each one can affect one or Available online 24 July 2013 more of the others.