Plug-and-Play product, process and sensing innovation for Energy-efficient building deep renovation

Abstract

This paper presents the activities performed by the P2Endure project that aims to provide scalable, adaptable and ready-to-implement prefabricated Plug-and-Play (PnP) systems for deep renovation of building envelopes and technical systems. These innovative solutions are applicable to transform non-functioning or sub-optimal public and historic buildings into dwellings and are applicable for the widest range of building typologies, i.e. public buildings, residential buildings, and transformation projects. The main innovation of P2Endure comprises PnP prefab systems enabled by 3D printing, innovative sensing technologies such as laser scanning, thermal scanning and the Comfort Eye (an innovative IEQ scanning device), also integrated with BIM. P2Endure presents a proof-of-performance of the optimised PnP renovation techniques by implementing 10 large-scale and live demonstration projects that represent the main deep renovation typologies and real market demand in 4 EU geo-clusters. This will be done through progressive steps known as “4M: Mapping-Modelling-Making-Monitoring”. The innovative process, tools and solutions are presented together with the initial application to two real demonstration cases: the prefabricated PnP façade designed for the renovation of a nursery in Warsaw (PL) and the design of a PnP HVAC system for residential buildings to be applied in Breda (NL). The design concepts and predicted performance are included to assess the impact of the proposed solutions