Policies for Smart and Sustainable Renovation of Urban Blocks

2022 ◽  
pp. 132-150
Author(s):  
Dimitra Tsirigoti
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Greek City ◽  
Urban Geometry ◽  
Passive Design

The objective of this chapter is to recognize the fundamental issues for the low levels of efficiency of the strategies for the energy renovation of the building stock in Greece. The regulatory framework for the energy efficiency and energy renovation is analysed, and the main policies that have been adopted for upgrading the building stock are summarized. Strategies for the energy renovation of buildings have often led to the further deterioration of the built environment as the Greek city is still characterized by the low quality of life and the low energy efficiency of buildings. A tool for assessing the overall benefits of renovation strategies at the urban block scale is presented as a means for the optimization of the efforts and profits. A smart strategy of renovation including thermal insulation, passive design, and green roofs should be context based considering urban form, urban geometry, and climate.

scholarly journals Fear of Falling, Recurrence of Falls, and Quality of Life in Patients with a Low Energy Fracture—Part II of an Observational Study

Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 584
Author(s):  
Puck C. R. van der Vet ◽  
Jip Q. Kusen ◽  
Manuela Rohner-Spengler ◽  
Björn-Christian Link ◽  
Roderick M. Houwert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Fall Risk ◽  
Fear Of Falling ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Activity Restriction ◽  
One Year ◽  
Falls In Elderly

Background and objective: Falls in elderly cause injury, mortality, and loss of independence, making Fear of Falling (FoF) a common health problem. FoF relates to activity restriction and increased fall risk. A voluntary intervention including fall risk assessment and prevention strategies was implemented to reduce falls in elderly patients with low energy fractures (LEF). The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate FoF and the number of subsequent falls in trauma patients one year after a LEF. The secondary aim was to examine how FoF affects patients’ lives in terms of Quality of Life (QoL), mobility, and activity levels. Finally, participation in the voluntary fall prevention program (FPP) was evaluated. Materials and Methods: Observational cohort study in one Swiss trauma center. LEF patients, treated between 2012 and 2015, were analyzed one year after injury. Primary outcomes were Falls-Efficacy Score-International (FES-I) and number of subsequent falls. Secondary outcomes were EuroQoL-5-Dimensions-3-Levels (EQ5D-3L), mobility, activity levels, and participation in the FPP. Subgroup analysis was performed for different age categories. Results: 411 patients were included for analysis. Mean age was 72 ± 9.3, mean FES-I was 21.1 ± 7.7. Forty percent experienced FoF. A significant negative correlation between FoF and QoL (R = 0.64; p < 0.001) was found. High FoF correlated with lower activity levels (R= −0.288; p < 0.001). Six percent visited the FPP. Conclusions: At follow-up, 40% suffered from FoF which seems to negatively affect patients’ QoL. Nevertheless, participation in the FPP was low. Simply informing patients about their susceptibility to falls and recommending participation in FPPs seems insufficient to motivate and recruit patients into FPPs. We suggest implementing repeated fall risk- and FoF screenings as standard procedures in the follow-up of LEF, especially in patients aged over 75 years.

CFD Investigation of the Effect of Building Passive Design Strategy on Energy Efficiency and Wind Comfort in Extreme Weather Conditions in Astana, Kazakhstan

2012 ◽  
Vol 253-255 ◽  
pp. 658-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serik Tokbolat ◽  
Raikhan Tokpatayeva ◽  
Sarim Al-Zubaidy
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Weather Extremes ◽  
Existing Building ◽  
Passive Design ◽  
Low Energy Buildings ◽  
Wind Comfort

There is a distinct lack of building design literature specific to the Central Asian region. This perhaps, could be one of reasons for the only slight improvement of new building designs and construction. One does observe the highly glazed buildings are a particularly popular feature here in Astana, as like anywhere else in the world. However, excessively glazed surfaces combined with the weather extremes leads to adverse internal conditions and skyrocketing energy bills. The work presented in this paper is a part of continuing efforts to identify analyze and promote the design of ‘low energy, green and sustainable buildings with special reference to the Kazakhstan locality. In the present context, low energy buildings’ refers to buildings inherently low energy consuming by careful passive design, utilizing intelligent building technologies to automate building services and minimize wastage of energy and by incorporation of renewable technologies for its energy supply. Demonstration of improved environmental conditions and impact on energy savings will be outlined through a cause study incorporating application of passive design approach and detailed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis for an existing building complex. The results indicated that there is a considerable influence of passive design and orientation on energy efficiency, wind comfort and safety.

Does Planning Make a Difference to Urban Form? Recent Evidence from Central Scotland

10.1068/a3619 ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen Bramley ◽  
Karryn Kirk
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Comprehensive Planning ◽  
Major Development ◽  
Development Outcomes

Urban form is changing in Britain, with new patterns of development reflecting economic, technological, and transportation conditions in an increasingly competitive framework. Changes in urban form have implications for the environmental sustainability, integration and cohesion, and longer term quality of life in and around cities. Britain has a comprehensive planning system with a strong rhetoric of policies towards these goals. In this paper the authors draw on evidence from recent research, primarily in central Scotland, to assess how far planning actually does make a difference to urban form rather than simply passively responding to demand. They consider some of the systematic tendencies in decentralised planning decisionmaking, some selected evidence of development outcomes, and some insights from major development case studies. The conclusions highlight the differential influence of planning between different development sectors and the obstacles to achieving a more sustainable pattern.

scholarly journals Assessment of Quality of Life as a Criterion of the Efficiency of Low-Energy Mode Endovenous Laser Coagulation

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-372
Author(s):  
Y.V. Melekhovets ◽  
◽  
V.A. Smiianov ◽  
О.К. Melekhovets ◽  
E.A. Shvidun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Laser Coagulation ◽  
Energy Mode

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN FRANCE THROUGH IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF HOUSING (CROSS-COUNTRY RESEARCH)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
pp. 310-311
Author(s):  
Marina D'yakovich
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Cross Country

The article deals with the problems of improving the energy efficiency of housing in France in order to improve the quality of life of the population

scholarly journals EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF DENSITY ON ACCESS TO LOCAL FACILITIES IN URBAN NEIGHBOURHOODS

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan Nurul Mardiah Wan Mohd Rani
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
The Body ◽  
Local Services ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Local services and facilities in residential neighbourhoods play an important role towards the social sustainability of local residents. It is believed that having good provision and access to these local services and facilities would contribute significantly to the quality of life and residents’ well-being. The form of the neighbourhood influences the way people live in the neighbourhood. The way people settle in neighbourhood’s shapes the quality of life, the richness of the local economy, the level of social cohesion, the level of safety and the amount and the kind of human activities in public spaces. Different urban forms can have very different degrees of sustainability. Density is one of the urban form elements that have been research numerous times and proven to have an influence on the neighbourhood sustainability. Density is the most easily measured urban form element either at a macro level (city) or micro level (neighbourhood). This research discusses the impact of density on the micro scale through estimating its influence on access to local facilities. Through the use of household survey and supported by observation survey, this study findings on the impact of density on access and use of local facilities. The study concludes with establishing the findings of the survey to reflect and fit into the body of knowledge and how it would improve the guidelines and policy on social sustainability in improving the urban living as a whole.

The built environment

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip James
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Industrial Processes ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Dominant Feature

Buildings are the dominant feature of urban environments and they are arranged in diverse patterns. Interwoven within and between buildings are a series of infrastructures which deliver materials and energy and remove the products of industrial processes and waste produced as a result of human activities. Urban form, the physical arrangement of elements within urban environments, is a determinant of the liveability of a city. Individual buildings are constructed to a range of designs. These are discussed along with a consideration of the position of private (domestic gardens) and public greenspace (for example, parks) within the wider urban form. Links between urban form and socio-economic status are discussed. Where there is greater wealth, there is a stronger focus on the quality of life and an association with higher levels of vegetation within the urban form.

scholarly journals Two-year changes in quality of life in elderly patients with low-energy hip fractures. A case-control study

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gudrun Rohde ◽  
Glenn Haugeberg ◽  
Anne Marit Mengshoel ◽  
Torbjorn Moum ◽  
Astrid K Wahl
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Hip Fractures ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Control Study
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