High rise buildings in Europe from energy performance perspective

Sajjadian, Seyed Masoud; Tupenaite, Laura; Kanapeckiene, Loreta; Naimaviciene, Jurga; Radif, Sarah; Amado, Miguel

Abstract

The United States is well known for the birthplace of tall buildings in the world since the nineteenth century. The trend continued across all continents and in 1940, Europe developed its first tall building of over 100 meters in Genoa, Italy. Building codes, technological development, energy crisis, etc. have all influenced the built environment in different ways, a very visible sign of such impacts can be seen in high rise buildings not only on their architectural style but also on their performance. Different studies worldwide investigate energy performance of modern high-rise buildings; however, evolution of such buildings is rarely considered; energy performance of different high-rise buildings’ generations is seldom investigated and compared. To close a gap this study aims to make a closer look of how technological developments and energy crisis affected high-rise buildings in Europe with a focus on their energy performance.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (Published)
• Conference Name: 13th international conference: Modern building materials, structures and techniques
• Start Date: May 16, 2019
• Acceptance Date: May 1, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Deposit Date: Nov 19, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 20, 2020
• Pages: 663-669
• Series ISSN: 2029-9915
• Book Title: The 13th international conference: Modern building materials, structures and techniques
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3846/mbmst.2019.029
• Keywords: high rise buildings, generations, energy performance, Europe
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2702598