abstract
Structural and energy consumption details from the secondary school buildings of Cyprus are presented
Received 5 October 2013
Received in revised form 4 December 2013
Accepted 20 December 2013
Keywords:
Building stock
Energy consumption
Typical secondary school
Energy simulations
Retrofitting
1. Introduction
in this paper. The study identifies the prevailing building practices in schools' construction in the three cli- matic zones of Cyprus, coastal, inland and mountainous. Furthermore the construction details of schools are compared with their energy consumption. In this questionnaire survey 24 schools were responded with a completed profile and represent the 15% of schools and through further interviews and in situ visits more data are collected from a percentage of 60% of the secondary schools in Cyprus. The analysis through questionnaire results conclude to significant findings which are very revealing and may be used as a preliminary study on energy upgrading of schools