Abstract
Sustainable development has by now become an element deeply integrated in the everyday design. It has many shades and may be found under many names. We speak about resiliency in design and procurement of passive, ecologic, plus energy, or nZEB buildings. Nevertheless, if we look closely, we may distinguish certain characteristic ideas. First, sustainable development of societies and urbanization processes should be consistent on a deeper level than presently, and be included within design processes, organization, and planning, as well as modernization and redevelopment procedures of existing urban tissue. Secondly, urbanization should be perceived holistically, as an interaction and harmonious development of both natural and manmade environments, with solutions based on the best technical and technological standards available. Lastly, described ideas are achievable only, if we include continuous cooperation between urban planners, architects, specialist consultants, as well as energy-efficient interdisciplinary solutions to achieve high standard energy measures. One of the thresholds is economic feasibility; the other is health and well-being of the users which should always be discussed as a priority. This paper—outside a brief theoretical approach to initial procedures in design management—will dwell on transformation and modernization of an existing building belonging to the Warsaw University of Technology, one of the oldest universities in Poland, its founding dating back to the beginning of the twentieth century. In 2015, a Nordic Finance Mechanism grant dedicated to the nZEB technology transfer from Norway to Poland was awarded to a group of researchers from Warsaw University of Technology and NTNU Trondheim. The main aim of the project is implementation of nZEB knowledge in Poland, as well as preparation of two integrated concept designs for public (University) buildings as exemplary case studies which could act as the benchmarks for other public buildings.
Highlights
A lot has been said about building investment processes and design strategies, as well as environmentally friendly buildings and effective energy strategies
Recast of EPBD (EPBD Recast, Directive 2010/31/EU) had impact on the research initiated 2015– 2017 by two European Universities and interdisciplinary tasks undertaken by the researchers
BDesign retro-fit nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEB) concept for two buildings – KODnZEB^—a project which was developed by Warsaw University of Technology and NTNU Trondheim, based on EU financing— falls in line with the contemporary scope of developments in various countries (Karima and Altan 2016), but the approach has to differ due to existing legal procedures and technical conditions
Summary
A lot has been said about building investment processes and design strategies, as well as environmentally friendly buildings and effective energy strategies. When considering our urbanized space, it should be noted that most structures which have been built in the past 30 years under certain climatic conditions and according to the —contemporary technical knowledge—will be present in our surroundings for at least 30 years and will have to withstand adverse changing climatic impacts as well stricter effective energy expectations. This implies that most of our efforts should be placed on the modernization of the building substance constructed in various techniques and standards. Due to geographic distribution and diverse user expectations, as well as alternative approaches, it is evident that countries should develop individual strategies even if based on transformed knowledge and know-how of more developed countries (Christoforidis 2016)
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