Achieved Energy and Climate Goals in Project Ålidhem: An Evaluation of a Refurbishment of 21 Swedish multifamily Buildings

Abstract

In Umeå, situated in the north part of Sweden, the largest refurbishment project undertaken by the public housing company in Umeå was completed in 2014. The project had ambitious goals to decrease the bought energy use for domestic hot water, building electricity and space heating, by 50 %. In order to achieve this, a variety of energy conservation measures were implemented in 21 multifamily buildings during the four-year project. This paper describes the used evaluation approaches and the achieved energy and climate goals. Finally, it offers some reflections that are hoped to be useful in similar projects.