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Sustainable Building Renovation

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2018) | Viewed by 16872

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Per Anker Jensen

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DTU Management, Technical University of Denmark, Akademivej Building 358, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
Interests: facilities management; construction management; briefing, knowledge transfer; sustainable buildings; building renovations
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The need for building renovations is currently receiving increased attention in many countries. However, how can we make building renovations (more) sustainable?

The term “renovation” is used with a particular focus on comprehensive projects in existing buildings, which, in addition to improvements in quality of life, attractiveness and building lifetime expectancy, include a major increase in energy performance—also called “deep renovation”. Sustainable building renovation is changing existing buildings in such a way, so they become more sustainable after the renovation than before. The meaning of sustainability is associated with the consideration of the interdependence of society, environment and economy in complex sustainability thinking based on the definitions from the United Nations with the three sustainability dimensions: Social, economic, and environment.

This Special Issue invites research-based papers on building renovations, which apply a holistic approach to sustainability, as indicated above. Papers with a specific focus on one of the three sustainability dimensions will not be included. Papers based on both empirical research and more conceptual, theory-based contributions are welcome. Pure opinion-based papers are not accepted. The topics of the research could include one or more of the three themes mentioned below, but papers on other topics related to sustainable building renovation will also be considered.

Understanding sustainable building renovation (SBR):

  • How can SBR be described and understood?

  • What are the main drivers and barriers for SBR?

  • What theories are appropriate to comprehend SBR?

  • What role does legislation and public policy have for SBR?

  • What distinguish and differentiate SBR in different sectors and countries?

Setting objective and evaluating results of SBR:

  • What are relevant objectives for SBR?

  • When and how should the objectives for SBR be evaluated?

  • Who should make and be involved in decision-making and evaluation of SBR?

  • How to differentiate SBR objectives and results, for instance between output/outcome/added value, short/medium/long term or operational/tactical/strategic?

  • How can results of evaluations be utilized in other SBR projects?

How can the process of CBR be enhanced?

  • How can the value chain of SBR be improved?

  • What new forms of tendering can improve the SBR process?

  • What is the possible impact on SBR of new technologies like Virtual Digital Constructions, 3D-printing, Sensors, Drones, Industry 4.0, etc.?

  • Is disruptive innovation relevant for SBR?

  • What are the most promising cases for enhanced SBR processes?

Prof. Dr. Per Anker Jensen
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • building

  • renovation

  • sustainability

  • objectives

  • evaluation

  • outcome

  • added value

  • process

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Editorial
Sustainable Building Renovation: Proposals for a Research Agenda
by Per Anker Jensen, Esmir Maslesa and Jakob Brinkø Berg
Sustainability 2018, 10(12), 4677; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124677 - 08 Dec 2018
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The purpose of this paper is to identify research gaps and potential new topics for research in relation to the management of sustainable building renovation. The paper is based on a literature review of current research on sustainable building renovation. It analyses the [...] Read more.
The purpose of this paper is to identify research gaps and potential new topics for research in relation to the management of sustainable building renovation. The paper is based on a literature review of current research on sustainable building renovation. It analyses the research to pinpoint main focus areas and strengths, as well as identifying areas of weakness and research gaps, which are seen as potential topics for new research. The emphasis is on comprehensive renovation projects of buildings with a holistic sustainability approach. The analysis focuses on the management and process aspects in relation to planning, decision-making, conducting, and evaluating renovation projects. The result is a proposal for new research topics for sustainable building renovation. The current research shows a dominating focus on developing new tools for design support and measuring environmental performance, while there is limited research on developing strategies for renovation and improving the productivity of renovation processes. Out of the three pillars of sustainability, social sustainability is the least defined, and there is a need to develop methods to make a holistic prioritization and evaluation of all aspects of sustainability. Full article
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Consultancy Centres and Pop-Ups as Local Authority Policy Instruments to Stimulate Adoption of Energy Efficiency by Homeowners
by Frits Meijer, Ad Straub and Erwin Mlecnik
Sustainability 2018, 10(8), 2734; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082734 - 03 Aug 2018
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The housing sector is responsible for a more than a quarter of the total final energy consumption in the EU. As the majority (70%) of the EU-housing stock is owner occupied and largely consists of single family dwellings it is understandable that many [...] Read more.
The housing sector is responsible for a more than a quarter of the total final energy consumption in the EU. As the majority (70%) of the EU-housing stock is owner occupied and largely consists of single family dwellings it is understandable that many countries focus their energy saving policies on homeowners. Complementary to the national policy frameworks, regional and local authorities implement locally based policy instruments targeting specific groups and individual homeowners. In order to enlarge the effectiveness of their policy instruments and to reach the energy saving goals, frontrunner local authorities in particular are searching for ways to reach homeowners. Consultancy centres and pop-ups can be a way to make individual homeowners more aware about their energy use and stimulate them to apply low carbon technologies. The research results not only show that a wide range of business models are available to develop, structure and organise these consultation centres and pop-ups, but also that they indeed could play an important role in accelerating the energy performance of owner occupied housing. Through a pop-up or consultancy centre, public and private parties can join their forces to reach, stimulate and support the individual needs and wishes of homeowners during their customer journey to realise an energy efficient dwelling. Full article
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A Tool for Sourcing Sustainable Building Renovation: The Energy Efficiency Maturity Matrix
by Christian Stenqvist, Susanne Balslev Nielsen and Per-Otto Bengtsson
Sustainability 2018, 10(5), 1674; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051674 - 22 May 2018
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The success of sustainable building renovation is inevitably dependent on the capabilities of the involved stakeholders throughout the entire project. Therefore, any building client with intentions of sustainable building renovations must reflect on sourcing the adequate capabilities for a sustainable renovation project. The [...] Read more.
The success of sustainable building renovation is inevitably dependent on the capabilities of the involved stakeholders throughout the entire project. Therefore, any building client with intentions of sustainable building renovations must reflect on sourcing the adequate capabilities for a sustainable renovation project. The question in focus is: how to facilitate a sourcing strategy for energy-efficient sustainable building renovation and maintenance. This study on energy efficiency implementations shows that even in developed countries like Sweden, where energy efficiency is regulated by the EU, national legislation and other public policies, the municipal facilities management organizations need process guidance to navigate in decisions regarding in-house capabilities and collaboration with external service providers. A dialogue tool for the sourcing process, the energy efficiency maturity matrix, is developed to support future sourcing processes for energy-efficient buildings as a prominent part of the broader field of sustainable building renovation and maintenance. The future will show when building clients to a larger extent will embrace sourcing strategies instead of mainly focusing on specific technical improvements. The new International standards for facilities management (ISO18480 series) might support this change process, as it includes a sourcing approach, from a strategic level to an operational level, to add more value and to optimize costs. Full article
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A hybrid Decision Support System for Generation of Holistic Renovation Scenarios—Cases of Energy Consumption, Investment Cost, and Thermal Indoor Comfort
by Aliakbar Kamari, Stefan Jensen, Maria Leonhard Christensen, Steffen Petersen and Poul Henning Kirkegaard
Sustainability 2018, 10(4), 1255; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10041255 - 19 Apr 2018
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Future building renovations must rely on a holistic perspective in relation to sustainability. This paper presents a Decision Support Systems (DSS) that can be used by architects and engineering consultants to generate and evaluate the sustainability of renovation scenarios in a holistic manner [...] Read more.
Future building renovations must rely on a holistic perspective in relation to sustainability. This paper presents a Decision Support Systems (DSS) that can be used by architects and engineering consultants to generate and evaluate the sustainability of renovation scenarios in a holistic manner during the early design stage of renovation projects. Firstly, this paper discusses both the notion of a sustainable renovation, together with various renovation approaches, towards the appreciation of the developing DSS for the generation of holistic scenarios. Secondly, it provides details about the mechanism and types of Multiple Criteria Decision Making methods to be exploited in the main body of the DSS. As such, a hybrid approach including a search algorithm with the Genetic Algorithm is used to combine and develop countless optimal scenarios. The performance of the generated scenarios is simulated and evaluated in terms criteria for Energy Consumption, Investment Cost, and Thermal Indoor Comfort. The trade-off between the criteria is addressed using the Pareto-front approach, and subsequently, the optimal scenarios are determined and selected using MCDM-based rating methods. The outcome is verified discussing a case study about an actual [recently] renovated dwelling and the top ranked generated scenarios using the DSS in this paper. Full article
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