2007.4-2008.3 Yearbook of NILIM
Research Summary
Building Department
| Reference Number | Y070506 |
| Title | Research on Promoting Technologies for Improving Energy Efficiency of Existing Housing Stock |
| Start-End Date | 2005.4-2008.3 |
| Division | Research Coordinator for Advanced Building Technology Environment and Equipment Standards Division |
| Author | Research Coordinator for Advanced Building Technology, Takao Sawachi Environment and Equipment Standards Division, Head, Motomichi Maruyama Environment and Equipment Standards Div., Senior Researcher, Chiharu Kurayama Environment and Equipment Standards Div., Senior Researcher, Shigeki Nishizawa Housing Dept., Residential Environment Planning Div., Senior Researcher, Yasuhiro Miki Housing Dept., Residential Environment Planning Div., Researcher, Masaki Tajima |
| Summary | There are 47 million houses in Japan, and the improvement of the energy performance of those houses is critical to reduce the energy consumption and CO2 emission in the domestic sector. Technologies for the energy retrofit in the envelope and the equipment have been targeted and tested of their affordability and effectiveness by the validation experiments and field measurement. |