Decision support tool for sustainable renovation projects in Dutch housing corporations

In Europe, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive is a driving force for member states to develop and strengthen energy performance regulations for new and existing buildings. In the Netherlands, 33% of dwellings (2.4 million) are owned by social housing associations (Aedes, 2013), and 86% (CBS.nl, 2012) of them do not yet conform to the European 2009/28/EC which states that all the existing houses have to reach at least energy label B in 2020 (Aedes, 2014). In the last years, the renovation rate for these dwellings is rising at a very low speed, and if this trend will not significantly... Mehr ...