EE1: Smart Energy Efficient Active Buildings -Opportunities for Renewables in Masonry Buildings

KNOTZER, ARMIN1 1) Dipl.-Ing., AEE – Institute for Sustainable Technologies (AEE INTEC), dept. Sustainable Buildings, a.knotzer@aee.at   Until 2008 there was an unbroken development towards high thermal-energetic building standards in Austria, based on the EPBD 2002...

EE2: Holistic strategies for the retrofit to achieve energy-efficient residential buildings

GEIER, SONJA1; EHRBAR, DORIS; SCHWEHR, PETER; 1) University of Lucerne – Engineering and Architecture, Competence Centre Typology & Planning in Architecture (CCTP), sonja.geier@hslu.ch   Today`s challenge in the retrofitting sector is the realization of building...

EE3: Energy performance of concrete earth tubes for the pre-heating and pre-cooling of supply air in cold climate

OUAZIA BOUALEM1; TARDIF MICHEL2; BIRGITTA NORDQUIST3; MIKE LUBUN4; BOOTH DANIEL5 1 Research Officer, National Research Council Canada, Intelligent Building Operation, boualem.ouazia@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca 2 Research Engineer in Built Environment, Natural Resources Canada,...

EE4: In-Situ performance of displacement ventilation system in Canadian schools with radiant heating systems

OUAZIA BOUALEM1; TARDIF MICHEL2; MACDONALD IAIN3; THOMPSON ALEXANDRA4; BOOTH DANIEL5 1) Research officer, National Research Council Canada, Intelligent Building Operation, boualem.ouazia@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca 2) Research Engineer in Built Environment, Natural Resources...

EE5: Theoretical and experimental characterization of thermal dynamic wall performance

MARCO PERINO1, ALFONSO CAPOZZOLI, YLENIA CASCONE 1 Department Of Energy – DENERG, Politecnico di Torino – Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy – www.polito.it/TEBE   Improvements on the energy efficiency in buildings may be achieved through the...

EE6: Cost effective renovation strategies to strive for zero energy or zero emission buildings

OTT, WALTER1; BOLLIGER, ROMAN 1) MSc in economy University of Zürich, electrical engineer Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, partner econcept AG research consulting evaluation Zürich, walter.ott@econcept.ch   Far reaching improvements of the energy...

EE7: Cost effective energy and carbon emission optimizationof buildings renovation shown in an Austrian case study

VENUS, DAVID1; HÖFLER, KARL2 1) DI David Venus, AEE – Institute for Sustainable Technologies, Department of Sustainable Buildings, d.venus@aee.at 2) DI Dr. Karl Höfler, AEE – Institute for Sustainable Technologies, Department of Sustainable Buildings,...

EE8: Dynamic simulation of natural ventilation and impacts on energy and comfort in dwellings

MORET RODRIGUES, ANTÓNIO1; GOMES, MARIA DA GLÓRIA2 1) Associate Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico, UL, DECivil/ICIST, moret.rodrigues@tecnico.ulisboa.pt 2) Assistant Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico, UL, DECivil/ICIST,...

EE9: Thermal behaviour of GFRP sandwich panels for building applications

FERNANDES, PEDRO1; GOMES, M. GLÓRIA 2; MORET RODRIGUES, ANTÓNIO 3 1) MSc Student, ICIST, DECivil, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, pmofernandes@me.com 2) Assistant Professor, ICIST, DECivil, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa,...

EE10: Thermal conductivity of compressed earth blocks (CEB) with different insulating materials

SAMPAIO,SOFIA1, GOMES, M. GLÓRIA2, BOGAS, J. ALEXANDRE3, ABEL, ANTÓNIO BORGES4 1) MSc Student, Instituto Superior Técnico, DECivil/ICIST, UL, sofiagcsampaio@gmail.com 2) Assistant Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico, DECivil/ICIST, UL, mgloria@civil.ist.utl.pt...

EE11: In situ evaluation of the thermal performance of rammed earth walls

SAMPAIO,SOFIA1, GOMES, M. GLÓRIA2, ABEL, A. BORGES3 1) MSc Student, Instituto Superior Técnico, UL, DECivil/ICIST, sofiagcsampaio@gmail.com 2) Assistant Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico, UL, DECivil/ICIST, mgloria@civil.ist.utl.pt 3) Assistant Professor,...

EE12: Performance of industrial thermal insulation renders

VALE, HENRIQUE1; MELO, HUMBERTO2; SOARES, ANTÓNIO3; FLORES-COLEN, INÊS4; GLÓRIA GOMES, MARIA5 1) Master in Civil Engineering Student, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Arquitectura e Georrecursos,...

EE13: Cost optimality ranking of measures to improve the energy performance of the Portuguese building stock

FERREIRA, MARCO1; ALMEIDA, MANUELA2; RODRIGUES ANA3 1) Architect and PhD student, University of Minho, Department of Civil Engineering, marcoferreira@civil.uminho.pt 2) Associate Professor, University of Minho, Department of Civil Engineering, malmeida@civil.uminho.pt...

MIE1: Innovative systems for earthquake resistant masonry enclosures in RC buildings

BAIO DIAS, ANTÓNIO1; DA PORTO, FRANCESCA2, FEHLING, EKKEHARD3; LOURENÇO, PAULO B.4; MORANDI, PAOLO5; VINTZILEOU, ELIZABETH6; YAKUT, AHMET7 1 Dipl. Eng., Technological Centre of Ceramics and Glass, Coimbra, Portugal, baiodias@ctcv.pt 2 Assistant Professor, University...

MIE2: INSYSME: first activities of the German partners

BUTENWEG CHRISTOPH1, MEYER UDO2, FEHLING EKKEHARD3 1) Dr.-Ing., SDA-engineering GmbH, butenweg@sda-engineering.de 2) Dr.-Ing., Arge Mauerziegel e. V., meyer@ziegel.de 3) Prof. Dr.-Ing., Universität Kassel, fehling@uni-kassel.de   In October 2013, the European Union...

MIE3: In-plane Experimental Response of Strong Masonry Infills

MORANDI, PAOLO1; HAK, SANJA2; MAGENES, GUIDO3 1) Researcher, University of Pavia, Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture & Eucentre Pavia, paolo.morandi@unipv.it 2) Research assoc., University of Zagreb, Faculty of Civil Engineering & Eucentre Pavia,...

MIE4: Experimental testing and numerical modelling of infill masonry walls subjected to in-plane damage

VERLATO NICOLO’1, GUIDI GIOVANNI2, DA PORTO FRANCESCA3 1 Research fellow, University of Padova, Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Via Marzolo 9, 35131, Padova, Italy, nicolo.verlato@dicea.unipd.it 2 Ph.D., University of Padova, Dept. of...

MIE5: Numerical Modelling of Masonry-Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frames:Model Calibration and Parametric Study

FARHAD AKHOUNDI1, PAULO B. LOURENÇO2, G. VASCONCELOS3 1 Ph.D candidate, ISISE, Civil Engineering department, Minho University, farhad.akhoundi@civil.uminho.pt 2 Professor, ISISE, Civil Engineering department, Minho University, pbl@civil.uminho.pt 3 Professor, ISISE,...

MIE6: Seismic risk of buildings with RC frames and masonry infills from Timisoara, Banat region, Romania

MOSOARCA, MARIUS1; PETRUS, CRISTIAN2; STOIAN VALERIU3; ANASTASIADIS, ANTHIMOS4 1) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng., S.C. H.I.Struct S.R.L. & “Politehnica” University of Timisoara, mmosoarca@histruct.ro 2) PhD. Stud. Eng., S.C. H.I.Struct S.R.L. & “Politehnica”...

SEM1: Masonry – a sustainable building material

CARL-ALEXANDER GRAUBNER1, SEBASTIAN POHL2 1 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carl-Alexander Graubner, Head of Fachgebiet Massivbau, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Graubner@massivbau.tu-darmstadt.de 2 Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Sebastian Pohl, Research fellow at Fachgebiet Massivbau,...