Potentials for Heating Energy Savings by Applying Standard and Advanced Refurbishment Measures on Thermal Envelope of the Residential Building Stock in Prishtina

Abstract

Prishtina as the capital city of Kosovo is a city that has been continuously developed during different phases and stages and which is still persistent. This development without any exception influenced the development of building in general and housing quality as a result of evolving building methodologies and standards. Standards of building quality during different phases represented different approaches and priorities in terms of living comfort. The living comfort represented various components depending on the economic and social wealth of the society. Nowadays the living comfort is inevitably connected to the energy in general and heating energy in particular. The purpose of the research is to analyze and structure the building typology of the residential building stock (RBS), identify specific structural deficiencies and propose an approach for improvement of methodology of renovation and refurbishment in residential sector in city of Prishtina, based on their specificities and characteristics to achieve better results in decreasing the energy demand for heating. A more detailed structuring of building stock will lead to more efficient solutions to achieve energy efficiency in existing residential buildings but also would offer potential guidelines for upcoming investments for decrement of energy consumption in Kosovo in general. Creation of a database which will contain sufficient technical data for the building stock in city of Prishtina, based on field research and measurements and recommendations based on conclusions for specific solutions of different building typologies may be considered as an essential platform for Kosovo’s legislation and community of designers and builders. Key words: residential building stock, heating energy, building refurbishment, energy efficiency