Rainha Leonor neighborhood

General Information:

• Project name: Rainha D.Leonor neighborhood
• Project type: refurbishment
• Building type: apartment house
• Building Typology: residential
• Location: Portugal, Porto District , Porto Municipality
• Year of construction: 2009-2014
• Number of apartments: 90
• Number of buildings: 2
• Number of floors: 2

 

Building Size:

• Gross heated floor area: 123,6 m² (2 dwelings of the selected building)

 

Building Envelope:

• Exterior wall: wall renovation with 60mm of EPS covered by reinforced plaster; U-value = 0.45 W/(m²K)
• Roof: Insulation with 50mm XPS panels; U-value = 0.64 W/(m²K)
• Windows and balcony doors: Wooden frames and double glazing with 4mm and 6mm; U-value = 2.90 W/(m²K)

 

Building service systems:

• Ventilation: Multi-split air conditioning system.
• Heating: Domestic water heater (DHW) with storage tank
• Photovoltaic installation: 3 m² of solar panels for DHW, per flat.

Building energy performance:

•  Annual heating demand: 68.55 kWh/m²a
• Cooling: 7.86 kWh/m².a
• Primary energy requirement: 413.73 kWh /m²a
• CO2 emissions: Reduction of 12.9 ton eq CO2.a
• Renewable energy production: 9.96 kWh/m².a

 Links for further information:

• http://www.iea-annex56.org/Groups/GroupItemID6/13.PT.pdf
• http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/29067/1/Full%20Paper_MA_AR_MF.pdf