Energy Design Strategies For Retrofitting

Providing a coherent and realistic vision of the implications of the energy issue in the future development of our cities. A great part of the built environment in most European cities consists of buildings dating from 60s to early 90s, this stock clearly presents several problems related to its functional layout, as well as its energy/thermal behaviour. Applying sustainable and energy savings principles to retrofitting interventions on this stock is one of the most urgent challenges to be met in the very near future.