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iNSPiRe and its approach to achieving effective retrofit
There is an increasing need to upgrade the existing building stock and improve building performance, which is particularly important if the targets for reduced energy consumption that have been set by EPBD are to be achieved.BSRIA is currently one of 24 partners involved in a 4-year EU-funded research project called iNSPiRe. The objective of iNSPiRe is to tackle the problem of high-energy consumption by producing systemic renovation solutions that can be applied to residential and office buildings. The renovation packages developed as part of the iNSPiRe project aim to reduce the primary energy consumption of a building to less than 50 kWh/m2/year.
Early on in the project it was realised that further knowledge of the existing building stock was required before renovation packages could be developed. One of BSRIA's tasks was to undertake a literature survey on the current state of the residential and office building stock across Europe.
This extensive building stock survey involved gathering information and data related to the number of dwellings, floor areas, ownership profiles, typology, construction materials, structural and thermal characteristics and energy use of these buildings. The energy consumption and demand data was further broken down by space heating, domestic hot water, cooling and lighting requirements.
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