RT Journal Article
T1 uhuMEBr: Energy Refurbishment of Existing Buildings in Subtropical Climates to Become Minimum Energy Buildings
A1 Gómez Melgar, Sergio Jesús
A1 Martínez Bohórquez, Miguel Ángel
A1 Andújar Márquez, José Manuel
AB Today, most countries in the world have mandatory regulations, more or less strict, regardingenergy effciency in buildings. However, a large percentage of the buildings already built wereconstructed under lax or non-existing regulations in this regard. Therefore, many countries are facingthe energy refurbishment of their existing buildings to reduce their carbon footprint. Depending onambient weather conditions where a building settles, its operation with respect to the achievement ofmaximum energy effciency should usually be different. This happens in subtropical climates when,during the year and depending on the season, the building needs to conserve heat, evacuate it oreven make an exchange with the outside to take advantage of favorable environmental conditions.This paper presents a complete methodology for conducting building energy effciency refurbishmentsin subtropical climates in order to convert them into minimum energy buildings. The proposedmethodology is illustrated by a case study in a dwelling that includes all the stages, from the analysisof the existing dwelling to the refurbishment works, showing the final results and the subsequentdwelling operation.
PB MDPI
SN 1996-1073
YR 2020
FD 2020-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/17914
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/17914
LA eng
NO Gómez Melgar, S., Martínez Bohórquez, M. Á.,  Andújar Márquez, J. M. (2020). uhuMEBr: Energy Refurbishment of Existing Buildings in Subtropical Climates to Become Minimum Energy Buildings. Energies, 13(5), 1204. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en13051204
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026