Citation
Román López, María Emilia and Gómez Muñoz, Gloria and Luxán García de Diego, Margarita de
(2017).
Social Rent Housing Refurbishment Demonstrator of LIFE Project “New4Old” (LIFE10 ENV/ES/439).
In:
"Sustainable Development and Renovation in Architecture, Urbanism and Engineering".
Sustainable Development and Renovation in Architecture, Urbanism and Engineering, 1
(1).
Springer International Publising., Sevilla, pp. 203-214.
ISBN 978-3-319-51441-3.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51442-0_17.
Abstract
This ecoefficient renovation of two buildings of social housing for rent
is located in the historic center of Zaragoza and has been carried out among 2013
and 2015. It emerges from the conclusions and strategies developed for the NewSolutions4OldHousing project (LIFE10 ENV / ES / 439), funded by the European
Commission.
The general objective of LIFE project is to define the most appropriate
methodology for the rehabilitation of social housing with criteria of energy and
environmental sustainability and application of innovative technologies to combat
climate change. The application of passive strategies in the refurbishment of these
Demonstrator Buildings has helped to achieve thermal and lighting comfort with
less energy-consumption, with savings above 70% in demand and about 25% in
real consumption. These data are particularly relevant when the residents are
renters with very limited incomes, vulnerable to problems such as energy poverty.
Therefore, the proposed action serves to improve the passive behaviour of the
building and to achieve greater thermal and lighting comfort and liability without
increasing the financial costs related to energy consumption.
