Computational analysis of energy and cost efficient retrofitting measures for the French house

• Published in: Building and environment Vol. 175; p. 106792
• Main Authors: Foda, Ehab, El-Hamalawi, Ashraf, Le Dréau, Jérôme
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 15.05.2020; Elsevier BV; Elsevier
• Subjects: Airtightness; Automation; Civil Engineering; Climate action; Climate change; Climatic zones; Computer applications; Computer simulation; Cost analysis; Cost efficiency; Domestic heating; Dynamic thermal modelling; Energy; Energy conservation; Energy efficiency; Engineering Sciences; French house; Heating systems; Housing; Housing retrofit; Investment; Optimization; Overheating; Parametric analysis; Permutations; Retrofitting; Thermal analysis; Upper bounds; Ventilation; Housing retrofit; Dynamic thermal modelling; Energy efficiency; French house; Domestic heating; Optimization; Cost efficiency

Energy-efficient housing has become a mandatory aim to address climate change. This paper presents a computational analysis taking a French single family house as a case study, and aims to investigate both energy and cost-efficiency of market available retrofit measures using dynamic thermal modelli...