Handbook of Retrofitting High Density Residential Buildings : Policy Design and Implications on Domestic Energy Use in the Eastern Mediterranean Clima

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Energy efficiency directives and policy aspirations in retrofit interventions.- Chapter 3. Methods and Tools.- Chapter 4. The significance of occupancy patterns and household habitual adaptive behaviour on home energy performance.- Chapter 5. A field study investigation to assess on households' thermal discomfort and overheating risk of buildings.- Chapter 6. A field study investigation on the regression forecasting "neutral" adaptive thermal comfort.- Chapter 7. A Developing a novel methodology to calibrate building energy performance of social housing estates - Building diagnostics, energy audit and energy forecasting.- Chapter 8. A novel methodological framework for building optimization of social housing estate - Policy design and life cycle cost impact analysis of retrofit strategies.- Chapter 9. Developing an evidence-based energy policy framework to asset robust energy performance evaluation and certification schemes.- Chapter 10. Conclusions and future recommendations.