...Evangelos Manolas; Georgios Tsantopoulos; Kyriaki Dimoudi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to outline the views of citizens on issues related to energy saving and the realization of bank products in buildings under renovation such as energy saving interventions in the building envelope...

...Tracey Crosbie; Nashwan Dawood; John Dean Purpose Building energy performance is a key element when assessing the sustainability, or otherwise, of the built environment. However, the prescriptive nature of current approaches to sustainability assessment stultifies innovative approaches...

... cycle in cities and the possibility of reuse and recycling, which are strongly influenced by the way materials are attached to the building shell or general substrate. All the data are gathered from bibliographical sources. Findings For urban open spaces and flat roofed buildings, the placement...

...Silvia Brunoro Purpose The purpose of this paper is to remark the importance of sustainable technologies in the façade renewal of existing buildings in order to fit their energetic performance to different climatic inputs, following the new European Energy Standards for energy savings. Design...

...Hiroshi Yoshino; Kenichi Hasegawa; Shin‐ichi Matsumoto Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the cooling effect of these features. Japanese traditional buildings have many features, which are effective for cooling the interior of the building. Design/methodology/approach...

...A.C. Warnock Purpose The purpose of this paper is to seek to contribute to the objective of the sustainable development process. A factor that may be hindering progress towards sustainable building in many developed states is the sheer complexity of the instruments available and the convoluted...

...D. Kolokotsa; G. Sutherland; G. Stavrakakis; S. Karatassou; M. Santamouris Purpose The purpose of this paper is the analysis of a methodology for the buildings' intelligence assessment through the development of a matrix tool. Techniques and technologies for use in designing, constructing...

...Agis M. Papadopoulos; Antis Stylianou; Simos Oxizidis Purpose The aim of this paper is to discuss the impact of energy pricing on the implementation of low energy design principles in buildings. Design/methodology/approach The problem of rising air‐conditioning loads is not simply a matter...

...Maria Sinou; Stella Kyvelou; Natasa Cukovic Ignjatovic; Dusan Ignjatovic Purpose This paper wants to explore the potential for energy‐efficient upgrading of existing residential buildings in Belgrade, targeting the portions of the existing building stock which seem to be the most convenient...

...Maria Sinou; Stella Kyvelou; Maria Sinou; Stella Kyvelou Purpose The assessment of building performance in terms of environmental impact and overall sustainability approach is carried out by several methods, different in terms of structure, application and parameters involved. A review of the most...

...Maria Sinou; Stella Kyvelou; Dominique Bidou Purpose The paper aims to present the concept and dynamics of building environmental quality (the so‐called “high environmental quality” in France) as it has been initiated in France and as it is being actually implemented. It is also aiming at showing...

...Amit Rai; D.B.N. Rao Purpose This paper aims to provide information on the present status of waste‐based building materials technologies in India. Design/methodology/approach Numerous approaches are used, including the collection of authentic information on the demand for building materials...

... and health complaints scales are widely used to determine building performance levels. The research model was tested using responses from 362 employees in 25 diverse hospitals. The results indicate that building comfort level assessments play a critical role in influencing the health complaints and building...

...S. Maekawa; F. Toledo To preserve both cultural collections and historical buildings that house them, a technologically simple yet robust climate control system was installed in the Historic Archive of the Canary Islands. The archive is located in a municipal building, a late nineteenth century...

...Antonio Carbonari; Giancarlo Rossi; Piercarlo Romagnoni Movable shading devices are often used to control solar radiation falling on large glazed surfaces in contemporary non‐residential buildings. The paper presents some studies on optimal orientation of building in relation to the type of adopted...

...Italo Meroni; Alba De Salvia; Roberto Lollini; M. Cristina Pollastro Nowadays, one of the main goals of the building industry and architecture is to exploit the solar source for the air‐conditioning of buildings. Over the last years many activities have started to develop new building and plant...

...Frank D. Heidt; Joachim Clemens; Stephan Benkert; Willi Weber; Peter Gallinelli; Johann Zirngibl; Claude François; André de Herde; Kristel de Myttenaere; Simos Yannas The project IDEA – Interactive Database for Energy‐efficient Architecture – is a multinational collaborative project to build...

...), “ Can public information programs affect risk perceptions? ”, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management , Vol. 9 No. 1 , pp. 41 ‐ 59 . Radon Behavioural sciences Attitudes Buildings Much speculation has taken place over why householders choose not to test or remediate for radon...

...Maria M. Johnstone; Paul S. Phillips; Antony R. Denman An extensive radon remediation programme in National Health Service properties in Northamptonshire has been conducted since 1992 and has resulted in many buildings with raised levels being identified and remediated. In the autumn of 1997...

...Frederick Marley; Paul S. Phillips Mitigation of radon gas and radon progeny in buildings is based largely on reducing the pressure difference between the point of the radiation source and the point of entry to indoor air. The method is adopted in the mitigation of excess radon concentrations...