Plug-and-Play Solutions for Energy-Efficiency Deep Renovation of European Building Stock

Abstract

Ninety percent of the existing building stock in Europe was built before 1990. These buildings are in urgent need for a significant improvement of energy-efficiency through renovation. State-of-the-art renovation solutions are available, but costly and lengthy renovation processes and incomprehensible technical complexities hinder the achievement of a wide impact at a European scale. This paper presents a research on Plug-and-Play (PnP) technologies supported by Building Information Modelling (BIM) to provide affordable, interchangeable and quick-installation solutions to overcome the main barriers of building deep renovation.

Keywords

• energy-efficient buildings
• deep renovation
• Plug-and-Play (PnP)
• Building Information Modelling (BIM)
• Building Energy Modelling (BEM)