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Implementation and challenges of the passive house concept in Portugal: lessons learnt from successful experience
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The European Green Deal defined by the European Commission on December 2019 presents
an ambitious set of measures for the European Union and its citizens to accomplish the challenge of
climate change, making Europe until 2050 the first neutral continent, where there are no net emissions
of greenhouse gases. The Passive House (PH) concept has the same ambitious goal, targeting the
reduction of the carbon footprint while promoting a construction design that gives primacy to the
optimum energy balance, assuring comfort and quality with a minimum impact on the final building
cost and operation. However, the PH concept is still not an easy process to implement in the traditional
construction sector, especially in South European territory, as is the case of Portugal. Contextually,
the present study through the discussion of a case study research method applied to European
PH successful experience, has defined guidelines for the implementation of this concept within
sustainable development principles. The methodology strategy starts with the information collection
from Hanover, Brussels, and Tyrol case studies. Then, a statement regarding the current situation
of Portugal in respect of the PH numbers and policies was performed. Moreover, the information
gathered, as well as the experience of learnt lessons, were compared to the Portuguese reality. As a
final procedure, barriers and obstacles for the Portuguese case have been identified through the
analysis and understanding of the country’s social dynamics, and also with the crossing of sustainable
development principles. Thus, the present research enables us to propose guidelines to increase the
PH implementation in Portugal.
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Public policies Social dynamics Territorial governance and management Urban planning Energy efficiency Passive house . Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia
Citation
Figueiredo, A., Rebelo, F., Castanho, R. A., Oliveira, R., Lousada, S., Vicente, R., & Ferreira, V. M. (2020). Implementation and challenges of the passive house concept in Portugal: lessons learnt from successful experience. Sustainability, 12(21), 8761. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218761
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MDPI