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Brown, Z and Cole, R J (2009) Influence of occupants' knowledge on comfort expectations and behaviour. Building Research & Information, 37(03), 227–45.

Bügl, R, Leimgruber, C, Hüni, G R and Scholz, R W (2009) Sustainable property funds: financial stakeholders' views on sustainability criteria and market acceptance. Building Research & Information, 37(03), 246–63.

Farahani, A, Wallbaum, H and Dalenbäck, J (2019) Optimized maintenance and renovation scheduling in multifamily buildings – a systematic approach based on condition state and life cycle cost of building components. Construction Management and Economics, 37(03), 139–55.

Ismail, Z (2019) An Integrated Computerised Maintenance Management System (I-CMMS) for IBS building maintenance. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 37(03), 326–43.

Ji, Y, Lee, A and Swan, W (2019) Retrofit modelling of existing dwellings in the UK: the Salford Energy House case study. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 37(03), 344–60.

Onyenokporo, N C and Ochedi, E T (2019) Low-cost retrofit packages for residential buildings in hot-humid Lagos, Nigeria. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 37(03), 250–72.

• Type: Journal Article
• Keywords: Nigeria; Retrofit; Thermal comfort; Low-cost; Energy perfomance;
• ISBN/ISSN: 2398-4708
• URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-01-2018-0010
• Abstract:
  The purpose of this paper is to develop a set of affordable retrofit packages that can be applied to existing residential buildings in hot-humid regions to improve occupants’ thermal comfort and reduce energy consumption. A critical review of relevant literature to identify passive design strategies for improving thermal comfort and reducing energy consumption in hot-humid climates with focus on the building envelope was conducted in addition to a simulation study of an existing building typology in study area. There is enormous potential to reduce energy costs and improve thermal comfort through building retrofit packages which is a recent concept in developing countries, such as Nigeria. Analysing the results of the retrofit interventions using building energy simulation helped in developing affordable retrofit packages which had optimum effect in improving indoor comfort temperature to the neutral temperature specified for hot humid Nigeria and further down to 3°C less than that of the reference building used. The use of passive design strategies to retrofit the building might help homeowners reduce their annual energy consumption by up to 46.3 per cent just by improving the indoor thermal comfort. In addition to improving thermal comfort and reducing energy consumption, this research identified affordable retrofit packages and considered its cost implications especially to low-income earners who form a larger population of Lagos, Nigeria, as this was not considered by many previous researchers.

Rafferty, M and Toner, P (2019) Thinking like Capital markets – Financialisation of the Australian Construction Industry. Construction Management and Economics, 37(03), 156–68.

Ramos, N M M and de Freitas, V P (2009) Experimental determination of the hygroscopic inertia of building materials. Building Research & Information, 37(03), 9.

Rispoli, M and Organ, S (2019) The drivers and challenges of improving the energy efficiency performance of listed pre-1919 housing. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 37(03), 288–305.

Rockow, Z R, Ross, B and Black, A K (2019) Review of methods for evaluating adaptability of buildings. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 37(03), 273–87.

Short, C A and Al-Maiyah, S (2009) Design strategy for low-energy ventilation and cooling of hospitals. Building Research & Information, 37(03), 264–92.

Spigliantini, G, Fabi, V, Schweiker, M and Corgnati, S (2019) Historical buildings’ energy conservation potentialities. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 37(03), 306–25.

Styhre, A (2019) Close entanglements: aligning the construction and finance industries. Construction Management and Economics, 37(03), 169–78.

Zapata Quimbayo, C A, Mejía Vega, C A and Marques, N L (2019) Minimum revenue guarantees valuation in PPP projects under a mean reverting process. Construction Management and Economics, 37(03), 121–38.