, Session Block B4
8:30 Retrofitting the Building Envelope
Chair: Jeff Hammond, Grand Valley State University, United States
Renovating multi-family-houses with external wall heating systems
- Cost-efficient concept with external wall heating
- Energy and comfort performance
- Case studies
Renovation of the Amway Grand Tower - A benchmark for sustainable design
- Carbon reduction strategy on existing buildings
- Developing new an exterior façade design for an aging hotel
- Strategy for completing top of the building first
A bio-based insulation retrofit of an attic
- From bulk glass wool to bulk bio-based fiber
- Heat flow, temperature and relative humidity
- Thermal dephasing, damping, kinetic measurement
Refurbishment and reuse of windows for sustainable and circular buildings
- Energy performance analysis of existing windows
- Upgrading existing double glazing to triple glazing
- Window refurbishment and reuse guidelines, window passport
Retrofitting greenhouses with heating-integrated façades
- Retrofitting of listed greenhouses
- Effects on light transmission
- Avoiding condensation and mold
Renovation of a 100-year-old University building
- Forensic investigation of building enclosure failures
- Prefabrication of a new metal-clad panelized enclosure
- Occupied building and site constraints
Brief Presentations
Multi-criteria assessment of energy systems at an office building
Façade-integrated HVAC with heat recovery and heating and cooling
Transforming waste into intelligent façades
Retrofitting façades with 3-D curved composite elements with PV
10:00 Coffee Break