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Integration of Prioritisation Criteria in the Design of Energy Efficient Retrofitting Projects at District Scale: A Case Study

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  • Miguel Á. García-Fuentes

    (CARTIF Technology Centre, Parque Tecnológico de Boecillo, Boecillo, 47151 Valladolid, Spain)

  • Sonia Álvarez

    (CARTIF Technology Centre, Parque Tecnológico de Boecillo, Boecillo, 47151 Valladolid, Spain)

  • Víctor Serna

    (CARTIF Technology Centre, Parque Tecnológico de Boecillo, Boecillo, 47151 Valladolid, Spain)

  • Maxime Pousse

    (NOBATEK/INEF4, 67 Rue de Mirambeau, 64600 Anglet, France)

  • Alberto Meiss

    (GIR Arquitectura & Energía, Departmento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas, Universidad de Valladolid, Avda de Salamanca, 47014 Valladolid, Spain)

Abstract

The evident need for improving the existing building stock still suffers from important barriers, such as the fragmentation of the value chain, the lack of information regarding some solutions, and the lack of confidence with respect to energy savings, which prevent unlocking investments, and the difficult communication among stakeholders. Therefore, new processes based on exploiting the potential of existing and new tools are required. In this framework, the OptEEmAL project has developed a tool that integrates stakeholders, data and tools in order to ease the process of designing energy efficient retrofitting projects at building and district scale. This tool works around an optimisation framework in order to evaluate, compare and optimise candidate retrofitting scenarios against a set of indicators showing the performance of the district. This evaluation and optimisation method is based on aggregating indicators through transforming the priorities of stakeholders into a mathematical weighting scheme, which makes it possible to provide scenarios within their expectations. Therefore, the generation of these scenarios is driven by their design parameters, being thus flexible and adapted to their needs. This paper shows the implementation of this tool and specifically 3 different prioritisation schemes, analysing how they impact into the decision making process and selection of the retrofitting strategy.

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  • Miguel Á. García-Fuentes & Sonia Álvarez & Víctor Serna & Maxime Pousse & Alberto Meiss, 2019. "Integration of Prioritisation Criteria in the Design of Energy Efficient Retrofitting Projects at District Scale: A Case Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(14), pages 1-23, July.
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    1. Miguel Á. García-Fuentes & Rubén García-Pajares & Cecilia Sanz & Alberto Meiss, 2018. "Novel Design Support Methodology Based on a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Approach for Energy Efficient District Retrofitting Projects," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-19, September.
    2. Ilaria Ballarini & Vincenzo Corrado, 2017. "A New Methodology for Assessing the Energy Consumption of Building Stocks," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-22, July.
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