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Assessing overheating of the UK existing dwellings – a case study of replica Victorian end terrace house (2014)
Journal Article
Ji, Y., Fitton, R., Swan, W., & Webster, P. (2014). Assessing overheating of the UK existing dwellings – a case study of replica Victorian end terrace house. Building and Environment, 77, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.012

This paper aims to investigate the likely thermal performance of a unique pre-1919 Victorian case study property by using both current and future projected weather data after a deep retrofit. The property is a re-construction within an environmental... Read More about Assessing overheating of the UK existing dwellings – a case study of replica Victorian end terrace house.

Retrofitting social housing : reflections by tenants on adopting and living with retrofit technology (2014)
Journal Article
Brown, P., Swan, W., & Chahal, S. (2014). Retrofitting social housing : reflections by tenants on adopting and living with retrofit technology. Energy Efficiency, 7(4), 641-653. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-013-9245-3

Retrofit has been described as one of the major engineering challenges of the twenty-first century (Kelly 2009). However, the industry needs to look beyond regarding the problem as restricted to the physical upgrade of properties. Asset managers, eng... Read More about Retrofitting social housing : reflections by tenants on adopting and living with retrofit technology.