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**High Efficiency Mix Energy System** 

**Design with Low Carbon Footprint** 

Existing buildings are a key focus in the EU's strategy to reduce its member countries emissions. As a consequence, the EU Directive for improving energy performance of buildings (Directive 2002/91/EC, 2003; Directive 2010/31/EU, 2010) was brought in to guide member states. They are advised to upgrade the energy performance of the existing buildings with a floor space of more than 1,000 m2, when they are reformed. This can be achieved through improving the energy performance of its service systems (heating, cooling, ventilation, hot water, and lighting systems) and of the materials that conforms its

Of the existing buildings, industrial sector has a significant potential for energy savings. Facilities in many cases obsolete, old comfort standards and an out-of-date yet demanding labour legislation (Ley 31/1995, 1995; R.D. 486/1997, 1997; Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo, 1997) provide the framework in which refurbishment must be accomplished. Especially critical is the case of partially open buildings whose entrances, due to the use, remain open during long periods of time: warehouses, open wide while loading and unloading, or cars and trucks repair workshops with continuous vehicular traffic are two examples of industrial buildings of the type. Refurbishment in this case needs to be faced with

different criteria than those which are customarily used for the remainder of buildings.

Firstly, the poor indoor environmental conditions achieved, very close to outdoors climate due to the high permeability of the building, represent a significant economic cost to the owners, as the activity of workers, and therefore the length of the working day, is linked to

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**1. Introduction** 

architectural envelope.

acceptable indoor higrothermal conditions.
