Refurbishment of the Residential Building Stock toward the Nearly-Zero Energy Target Through the Application of the Building Typology

Abstract Directive 2010/31/EU requires since 2019 the new public buildings and since 2021 all the new buildings to be nearly zero-energy (nZEB). In Italy, as in many geographical contexts, the existing buildings represent the majority of the building stock and equally the largest and most cost-effective energy saving potential. This study presents the energy performance calculations carried out by means of quasi-steady state method for some Italian reference buildings refurbished into nZEB. The results are presented in terms of “packages of measures” and potential energy reductions. The differences among measures depending on building type and climatic conditions are discussed.