Maturity Matrix Assessment: Evaluation of Energy Efficiency Strategies in Brussels Historic Residential Stock

González, Aránzazu Galán; Zotano, Miguel Angel Gomez; Swan, William; Bouillard, Philippe; Elkadi, Hisham

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.202

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“…Maturity grids or matrices are advantageous tools for leading discussions and providing management with a roadmap for next steps [43]. Evidence shows that maturity models or matrices have been of crucial importance in the evaluation of SMEs and their progress in respective fields.…”

Section: Understanding the Potential Role Of Maturity Matrices In Enhancing Energy Awarenessmentioning

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Enabling Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to Become Leaders in Energy Efficiency Using a Continuous Maturity Matrix

2021

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SMEs play a crucial role in economies by providing large scale employment and contributing to much of the GDP. Despite their vital role, SMEs face a plethora of challenges, and often, the aspect of energy efficiency is overlooked. This paper conducted studies across Finland, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, France, and Germany and devised an easy and ready-to-adopt approach to improve energy efficiency in SMEs. The new approach is based on a maturity matrix that supports continuous learning and development and provides expert recommendations on energy efficiency for SMEs around the world. The expert recommendations are based on a final score and aim to address the various challenges that SMEs face, such as limited access to knowledge and lack of awareness of energy efficiency. The approach may be easily adopted by any SME around the world.

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Section: Understanding the Potential Role Of Maturity Matrices In Enhancing Energy Awarenessmentioning

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Enabling Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to Become Leaders in Energy Efficiency Using a Continuous Maturity Matrix

2021

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“…Criteria eventually in conflict-that create awareness about conservative interventions-can be also identified. Particular methodological approaches were: maturity matrix assessment [48], multi-attribute value theory (MAVT) [42], methodology for energy-efficient building refurbishment (MEEBR) [25], the functionality index [39], or other methods that require the use of computer simulation or numerical methods. This diversity and heterogeneity of tools shows the importance of using cross-disciplinary, multi-criteria, multi-index, multi-level procedures to develop an effective method/tool able to plan and assess different levels of sustainable interventions depending on the conservation needs, type of building, and climate conditions.…”

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“…The majority of the methods (60%, i.e., n = 29) (e.g., [44,47]) were applied to single (as a whole) buildings while the rest (40%, i.e., n = 19) to interventions at district level (e.g., [34,49]) (see Figure 6a). Regarding the occupancy of the building, about 33% focus on residential buildings (n = 16, e.g., [48,50]), 17% on religious buildings (n = 8, e.g., [45,51]), 10% on educational buildings (n = 5, e.g., [24,25]), 8% on museums (n = 4, e.g., [31,32,46]) etc. (see Figure 6b).…”

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Towards Zero-Emission Refurbishment of Historic Buildings: A Literature Review

Loli

Bertolin

2018

Buildings

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Nowadays, restoration interventions that aim for minimum environmental impact are conceived for recent buildings. Greenhouse gas emissions are reduced using criteria met within a life-cycle analysis, while energy saving is achieved with cost-effective retrofitting actions that secure higher benefits in terms of comfort. However, conservation, restoration and retrofitting interventions in historic buildings do not have the same objectives as in modern buildings. Additional requirements have to be followed, such as the use of materials compatible with the original and the preservation of authenticity to ensure historic, artistic, cultural and social values over time. The paper presents a systematic review-at the intersection between environmental sustainability and conservation-of the state of the art of current methodological approaches applied in the sustainable refurbishment of historic buildings. It identifies research gaps in the field and highlights the paradox seen in the Scandinavian countries that are models in applying environmentally sustainable policies but still poor in integrating preservation issues.

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“…Upgrading the stock is of paramount importance in reducing the energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of existing buildings, since their operation phase accounts for 70-90% of their entire impact on the environment (Mahmoud, Zayed, & Fahmy, 2019). According to the existing literature, one of the current major building management issues is scant knowledge of and information on the building stock (González, Zotano, Swan, Bouillard, & Elkadi, 2017) and its performance. This lack of transparent and comparable data on the building sector represents a major obstacle in taking the right decisions (González et al, 2017).…”

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Rethinking sustainability towards a regenerative economy

Brajković

2022

Urban Research & Practice

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As of 2008, for the first time in human history, half of the world's population now live in cities. And with concerns about issues such as climate change, energy supply and environmental health receiving increasing political attention, interest in the sustainable development of our future cities has grown dramatically.Yet despite a wealth of literature on green architecture, evidence-based design and sustainable planning, only a fraction of the current literature successfully integrates the necessary theory and practice from across the full range of relevant disciplines.

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Maturity Matrix Assessment: Evaluation of Energy Efficiency Strategies in Brussels Historic Residential Stock

Cited by 10 publications

References 9 publications

Enabling Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to Become Leaders in Energy Efficiency Using a Continuous Maturity Matrix

Enabling Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to Become Leaders in Energy Efficiency Using a Continuous Maturity Matrix

Towards Zero-Emission Refurbishment of Historic Buildings: A Literature Review

Rethinking sustainability towards a regenerative economy

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