PLGBC report
The " Energy Efficient Retrofit Guidebook - Recommendation for energy efficiency renovation practices in multi-apartment buildings" document is intended to serve as a useful tool for energy renovations by summarizing the most important and internationally relevant information from the three national guidebooks .
The " Energy Eficient Retrofit Guidebook - Recommendation for energy eficiency renovation practices in multi-apartment buildings" document is intended to serve as a useful tool for energy renovations by summarizing the most important and internationally relevant information from the three national guidebooks .
PDF Building Retrofits
Canada aims to accelerate deep, energy-efficient retrofits across its vast and ageing building stock, targeting a retrofit rate of around 3% per year to reach net zero by 2050, with a strong focus on electrification and resilience to climate hazards.55
Before each renovation, researchers conducted a pre- retrofit "test-in" energy audit, produced modeling analysis, and provided recommendations . Partners determined a scope of work and cost estimate needed to bring a home up to market standards before submitting an offer to purchase each home.
Low Carbon Multifamily Retrofit Playbooks
Aligned with typical capital improvement cycles, retrofit recommendations will prepare buildings for increasingly stringent efficiency and carbon emissions targets through careful phasing of work across all major building components, including upgrades to exterior walls, windows, and ventilation systems.
Energy-efficient retrofitting typically involves modifications to the building's physical structure and systems to improve energy utilization. Enhancing the building envelope, for example, is a critical step that may include upgrading insulation to comply with or exceed prevailing energy standards.
Retrofit strategies to improve energy efficiency in buildings
This work presents an overview of retrofit strategies aimed at improving energy efficiency in buildings based on a literature review involving studies carried out in different countries in the last few years.
The Advanced Energy Retrofit Guides (AERGs) help building owners and managers as well as design and construction professionals plan, design, and implement energy -efficiency upgrades in commercial buildings.
Retrofit Hub
This study examines innovative financing mechanisms used to promote energy efficiency upgrades in the buildings sector. Energy Performance Contracting: Guide for Federal Buildings This guide outlines Canada's federal contracting model used to finance deep retrofits within federal buildings.
The HKGBC Retrofitting Hub is an online knowledge platform for sharing information including latest retrofitting strategies, guidelines, case studies, resources and activities, etc. related to building energy efficiency retrofit . With innovation and technology showcases from the industry under different retrofitting strategies provided on the website, we encourage ongoing showcase submissions ...