Building-total concept
31/03/06
Energy use in buildings should always be calculated as a whole
Both construction and building services must be taken into consideration in calculating energy use in buildings.
Following approaches are available for old buildings:
Company AX-Consulting has prepared following instructions to be used as a tool in old buildings, especially in Baltic countries and Russia:
AXO-kerrostalo.eng (pdf, 132 KB) in English
AXO-kerrostalo.latvia (pdf, 3 165 KB) in Latvian
AXO-kerrostalo.liettua (pdf, 2 922 KB) in Lithuanian
AXO-kerrostalo.ven (pdf, 3 048 KB) in Russian
AXO-kerrostalo.viro (pdf, 3 188 KB) in Estonian
Renovation of Estonian concrete buildings (AX-consulting):
renovation_costs_Eng (pdf, 1 065 KB) in English
renovation_costs_Est (pdf, 2 601 KB) in Estonian
renovation_costs_Fin (pdf, 15 023 KB) in Finnish
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe - Country profiles on the housing sector - The Russian Federation:
The Russian building stock energy use was calculated in:
http://www.unece.org/hlm/prgm/cph/countries/russia/
EuroACE, the European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings was formed in 1998
by twenty of Europe's leading companies involved with the manufacture, distribution and installation
of a variety of energy saving goods and services.
Links: