Abstract
<p class="first" id="d5490315e165">Traditional dwellings despite their environmental credentials, due to age, previous damage, and residents unable to afford even the limited maintenance allowed by restrictive legal framework, may offer poor thermal performance, which is expected to be further exacerbated by changing climate. More than 70% of Turkey’s built heritage stock is composed of traditional dwellings, which makes this stock able to create a major impact nationally on the building-related energy use, carbon emissions and population wellbeing. This research aims to develop an evidence-based multidisciplinary methodology for cost-effective retrofit of the traditional dwellings in Turkey, to improve energy performance, satisfy user expectations of comfort, and protect heritage value.
Highlights
The building stock is responsible for generating around 40% of overall emissions globally [1]
A large proportion of the building stock is composed of traditional buildings worldwide [2], which because of dilapidated condition due to age and previous damage, may demonstrate the poorest performance. This is more alarming in the case of traditional dwellings generally raised by low socioeconomic status families unable to apply regular maintenance, which are mostly left to their fate [3]
Taking into account that the consequences of the poor energy performance will be exacerbated by changing climate, improving energy performance in traditional buildings is an urge
Summary
The building stock is responsible for generating around 40% of overall emissions globally [1]. A large proportion of the building stock is composed of traditional buildings worldwide [2], which because of dilapidated condition due to age and previous damage, may demonstrate the poorest performance. This is more alarming in the case of traditional dwellings generally raised by low socioeconomic status families unable to apply regular maintenance, which are mostly left to their fate [3].
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