The application, benefits and challenges of retrofitting the existing buildings

Global Congress on Construction, Material and Structural Engineering 2017

材料科学;土木建筑工程

Khairi, Muhammad^1 ; Jaapar, Aini^1 ; Yahya, Zaharah^1

Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying Kompleks Tahir Majid, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor Shah Alam

40450, Malaysia^1

关键词: Building stocks;    Energy performance;    Historical buildings;    Intangible benefits;    Living organisms;    Political debates;    Secondary sources;    United kingdom;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/271/1/012030/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/271/1/012030

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Sustainable development has been the main topic of debate for years in some countries such as United Kingdom, United State of America and Malaysia. Depletion of natural resources, global warming, economics uncertainty and health issues are some of the reasons behind sustainable development movements, it is not just a political debate in the parliament but more towards collective works among sectors in order to minimizing the negative impact of development to the environment and other living organism. Retrofit an existing building is one of the solutions to reduce the dependency on constructing new buildings. There are huge numbers of existing building stocks that suitable to be retrofitted such as historical buildings, offices, residential, warehouse, factories, vacant buildings and other historical buildings. Therefore, the aim of this research is to provide information on the application, benefits and challenges of retrofitting an existing building. Two buildings were chosen as case studies following by site visits and observation to the buildings. The data were then compared in a table form. Primary and secondary sources were also used for this research. The application of retrofit should be promoted across the construction and conservation industries since it has significant tangible and intangible benefits. It is one of the most environmentally friendly and efficient solutions to optimize the energy performance and could also helps to extend the life of the existing building or historical buildings while ensuring optimum thermal comfort for the occupants which leads to higher productivity.