Selection of rehabilitation construction solutions using ELECTRE III method

• Author(s): Silva, Sandra Monteiro ; Almeida, Manuela Guedes de
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/21331
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Rehabilitation; Energy efficiency; Multi-criteria decision analysis
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

Building rehabilitation is essential to achieve the targets defined by the EPBD-recast regarding energy efficiency, reduction of carbon emissions and use of on-site renewable energy sources. Besides the energy efficiency the Indoor Environmental Quality of Buildings (IEQ) must also be considered when planning a rehabilitation project. Thus to propose an effective building rehabilitation is necessary select the adequate construction solutions taking into account their impact on the energy performance, thermal and acoustic comfort and indoor air quality of the building. In this work a multi-criteria decision analysis method, ELECTRE III, is applied to balance all these aspect, during the design phase of a refurbishment project, in order to assist the design team on the selection of construction solutions.