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Decoding climate change influence: A sensitivity analysis of Iranian multi-apar...
Fereidani, Nazanin Azimi; Rodrigues, Eugénio; Gaspar, Adélio RodriguesIran, a nation with substantial fossil fuel-based energy subsidies, has neglected the energy-efficient of building envelopes. This oversight resulted in inadequate thermal performance, contributing to the carbon emissions produced by the building stock. As the climate warms up, their energy demand will increase as residents adapt to the new environment. A Morris sensitivity analysis was used to determine the in...
Seasonal Storage for Space Heating using Solar DHW Surplus
Brites, Gonçalo; Garruço, Manuel; Fernandes, Marco S.; Pinto, Diogo M. Sá; Gaspar, Adélio RodriguesDue to the seasonality of solar energy, achieving 100 % of annual solar fraction for domestic hot water (DHW) production is only possible by greatly oversizing the collector area of a solar system, thus creating a significant energy surplus in summer. This simulation study investigates the possibility of using this surplus to promote space heating during winter, in a moderate South European climate, to try achi...
Evaluation of the effectiveness of humidity control strategies in preserving a ...
Ribeiro, Júlia Taborda; Saraiva, Nuno Baía; Gaspar, Adélio Rodrigues; Costa, José Joaquim daEnsuring an appropriate and stable indoor environment is of the utmost importance when the preservation of historic heritage buildings and collections is at stake. As hygrothermal conditions are one of the determinant parameters of the indoor environment for safeguarding these valuable assets, their long-term monitoring is imperative in attempting to achieve the requirements established by different guidelines ...
The effectiveness of the Iranian building code in mitigating climate change in ...
Fereidani, Nazanin Azimi; Rodrigues, Eugénio; Gaspar, Adélio RodriguesClimate change has a varying impact on building energy demand. In Bandar Abbas, a city on the southern coast of Iran, global warming is expected to exacerbate an already harsh climate. Although the Iranian building code has an energy efficiency ranking with specific design requirements, its effectiveness in mitigating climate change is still to be fully understood. Furthermore, Iran’s energy mix based on fossil...
How organizational constraints undermine sustainability actions in a university...
Amaral, Ana Rita; Rodrigues, Eugénio; Gaspar, Adélio Rodrigues; Gomes, ÁlvaroHigher Education Institutions frequently struggle between the urgency to advance toward more sustainable campuses and the slow pace of their transformation. Although several stimuli and barriers are identified in the scientific literature, difficulties persist as several actions commonly assumed as best practices demonstrate to fall short of planned goals. Findings in the literature are generic, lacking the ide...
Climate change and ideal thermal transmittance of residential buildings in Iran
Rodrigues, Eugénio; Fereidani, Nazanin Azimi; Fernandes, Marco S.; Gaspar, Adélio RodriguesClimate change will make the Iranian climate hotter and drier. This increase in the harshness of the boundary conditions poses a new question of whether today’s high-performance buildings, whose envelope thermophysical properties are optimized for the current climate, will underperform. Therefore, it is important to (i) identify the regions in Iran that will lead to such underperformance and (ii) determine to w...
Lessons from unsuccessful energy and buildings sustainability actions in univer...
Amaral, Ana Rita; Rodrigues, Eugénio; Gaspar, Adélio Rodrigues; Gomes, ÁlvaroHigher Education Institutions (HEIs) are increasingly striving to deploy actions that promote the efficient use of energy and other resources on university campuses. Successful sustainability initiatives are vastly described in literature, especially for the operations phase. In turn, reports on unsuccessful cases are small in number, or are overlooked and undiscussed, possibly providing a biased view of realit...
Barriers on Establishing Passive Strategies in Office Spaces: A Case Study in a...
Saraiva, Nuno Baía; Pereira, Luisa Dias; Gaspar, Adélio Rodrigues; Costa, José Joaquim daThe adaptation of spaces to different usage typologies can be complex in heritage buildings. Facilities were initially planned for a specific type of use that, when changed, require additional measures to ensure a suitable indoor environment. Passive strategies—e.g., free cooling—are commonly used as an alternative without requiring equipment installation. However, its implementation often leads to unsatisfacto...
Supplementary data to Barriers on establishing passive strategies in office spa...
Saraiva, Nuno Baía; Pereira, Luisa Dias; Gaspar, Adélio Rodrigues; Costa, José Joaquim daThe data presented in the article are related to the research article entitled "Barriers on establishing passive strategies in office spaces: a case study in a historic university building" (https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/8/4563), published in the SI "Advances in Historic Buildings Conservation and Energy Efficiency" (energies).; The adaptation of spaces to different usage typologies can be complex in herita...
A review of the energy implications of passive building design and active measu...
Fereidani, Nazanin Azimi; Rodrigues, Eugénio; Gaspar, Adélio RodriguesAs buildings consume fossil fuel-based energy, they contribute to greenhouse gas emissions which raise global temperatures. Buildings will then require more energy for cooling to guarantee indoor thermal comfort, thus creating a positive loop between cause and effect. In the Middle East, this is particularly harmful to the environment because it increases the cooling demand in countries with an energy grid base...