Background:
Aligned with the European Renovation Wave (EUR-Lex - 52020DC0662 - EN - EUR-Lex (europa.eu)) which aims to increase current renovation rates in Europe, this thesis looks at an established case study on the NTNU campus Gløshaugen.
Short project/thesis description:
The case consists of a building complex of two high-rise buildings and three connected low-rise buildings, locally known as “Sentralbygg 1” and “Sentralbygg 2”. The case is well suited for retrofit considerations as it contains existing buildings in need of energy upgrading that are of educational typology and publicly owned. With that, the case satisfies the requirements for one of the three target groups of buildings according to mentioned Renovation Wave (see section 4).
The research questions of this thesis target the representativeness and connected renovation potential of the chosen case study. Past research on energy efficiency and emissions reduction has mostly focused on efficient new buildings or new and existing residential buildings. That leaves open the potential effect that the renovation of public non-residential buildings can have on the existing building stock in terms of 2030 and 2050 sustainability goals.
The analyses’ potential is great as there are multiple benefits to the chosen study that may include the representative/communicative character of educational buildings as “lighthouse projects”, potential energy reductions (and associated emissions) that can be projected onto similar buildings (typology, age, construction, material, stakeholders…) on national and international scale.
Summary:
- Focus on building stock analysis concerning the representativeness of the case.
- Focus on effects on projected energy consumption and related emissions.
Number of students: 1-2 (Please, notice: 2 MSc-thesis are possible)
Contact person: Bozena Dorota Hrynyszyn, bozena.d.hrynyszyn@ntnu.no, Supervisor.
Co-Supervisor: David Bjelland, PhD candidate.
External partner: FME ZEN, SINTEF
Language: English/Norwegian
Further information:
- The MSc thesis will be carried out in connection with ongoing research project ZEN/WP3 (NTNU/SINTEF).
- You will be part of an established and interdisciplinary research group including other MSc and BEng students.