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Would you like to improve your building (residential / tertiary) and consume less energy?
The European project QualDeEPC has developed the DRNP (Deep Renovation Network Platform) portal, which facilitates the renovation of buildings in terms of energy efficiency, and creates one-stop-shop for communication between the different stakeholders involved in the energy renovation of buildings
Providing advice and information on energy, costs and benefits,
administrative, financial matters related to building energy renovation and EPCs,
as well as supply-side information to building owners
Qualrenovate portal aims to:
- Offer the products /services that customers need.
- Relieve, as soon as possible, the customers of research, design or bureaucratic process.
- In the extended cases, it may support the implementation on behalf of the customer, or even provide financing issues.
Building owners
Prospective buyers or Tenants
EPC assessors
Citizens
Public authorities
Building contractors/ Technicians/installers
City/Municipality
Local housing companies
Social credit agencies
Professional buildings and developers
Architects
Financial institutions
Energy companies.
Multiple benefits and co-benefits resulting from the intervention in existing buildings with measures to improve the energy performance and reduce carbon emissions, it is summarized in the figure:
Energy use reduction: in order to improve the energy performance and reduce the energy consumption, it is necessary to reduce the heat exchange with the environment by improving the buildings’envelope (facades, roof, floor, windows and air tightness) and apply more efficient technical systems. It is crucial to increase the deployment of renewable energy sources.
Carbon emissions reduction: In order to achieve the carbon emissions reduction goals in Europe (80% to 95% in 2050, when compared to the levels of 1990 according to European Commission, 2011), it is crucial to improve the buildings’energy performance, reducing the energy use and especially using renewable energy sources, which have proved to be very effective in the reduction of the carbon emissions.
Life cycle cost reduction: it is advisable to take a life cycle approach, since through energy savings, the additional initial investment will be recovered.
Improving overall quality of the building: Building physics (Less condensation, humidity and mould problems); Ease of use and control by use (Ease of use and control of the renovated building by the users); Aesthetics and architectural integration; Useful building areas (increase taking advantage of balconies by efficient glazing, or reduce the useful area when applying interior insulation or new BITS); Safety (intrusion and accidents) as the new elements at the latest standards, providing fewer risks.
Improving user wellbeing: Thermal comfort (due to better room temperatures, higher radiant temperature, lesser temperature differences, air drafts and air humidity); Natural lighting and contact with the outside(improved mood, morale, lower fatigue, reduced eyestrain); Better Indoor Air quality that impacts on better health and higher comfort; Reduction of internal /external noise level; Enhanced pride, prestige, reputation due the energy related measures adopted; Ease of installation and reduced annoyance can be used as the parameters to find the package of measures that aggregates the maximum of benefits.
Macro-economic co-benefits: Environmental (Reduction of air pollution, Construction and demolition waste reduction); Economic (Lower energy prices, New business opportunities, Employment creation, Rate of energy subsidies avoided; Improved productivity); Social (Improved social welfare, less fuel poverty, Increased comfort, Reduced mortality and morbidity; Reduced physiological effects (Learning and productivity benefits due to better concentration) Energy security due to reduction dependence on imported energy.
