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Day 2, Session Block D5

14:00 Building Retrofit: Policies, Prefabrication, Projects

Chair: Leo Lau, Green Energy Technology R&D Center, Chengdu, China

 

Optimising densification and renovation of the building stock in Switzerland

  • Economic value of densification-refurbishment projects
  • Barriers to densification-refurbishment projects
  • Cost optimisation of densification-refurbishment projects

Lionel Rinquet, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Geneva, Switzerland

 

Refurbishment strategies considering the utilization cycle for institutional investors

  • Increasing the refurbishment rate of building envelopes
  • Life cycle approach
  • Optimisation of the utilisation cycle

Marvin King, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Zürich, Switzerland

 

Prefabricated modular façade elements for refurbishment with integrated heat pump

  • Tailor-made façade solution for building refurbishment
  • Simple installation of the modular elements
  • Integrated heat pump outdoor unit for heating/cooling

Fabian Ochs, University of Innsbruck, Austria

 

Envelope retrofit of a university building

  • Weldon Law Building, Dalhousie University, Canada
  • High air leakage and a lack of fire separations
  • Envelope failures and structural failures

Graeme Duffus, DSRA Architects, Halifax, Canada

 

Brief Presentation

 

Refurbishment of Dutch post-war stacked residential houses

Frits Schultheiss, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Arnhem, Netherlands

 

15:30 Coffee Break