New european project on advanced concepts for SUstainable Building RETrofit (SUBURET)

The scope of the program SUBURET is to develop tools and design methods for advanced retrofit, to demonstrate successful retrofit concepts and to perform a technical and social evaluation. The objective is to demonstrate the feasibility of retrofit concepts capable of reducing thermal energy needs by a factor of 5 to 10 and environmental impact (C02 emissions) by a factor of 3 to 5.Means of SUBURET :To use the technology and experience form the most successful low energy buildings and adapt these to meet the needs of building refurbishment.To optimise the added value of alterations/extensions and evaluate and demonstrate the social and economic impacts of optimised refurbishment.To provide refurbishment decision and management tools and knowledge on the successful application of the most promising technologies and concepts in all participating countries.