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Retrofit:

more than a trend, a need

To enhance the energetic efficiency, the comfort and the environment quality of the building in use, is the essence behind the RETROFIT concept.

THE ENVELOPE, being the skin of the construction, is fundamental for the internal improvements (illumination, air conditioning, heating, ventilation, moist control, etc.) to optimize their performance.

Roofs

Facades

Glazing

Opennings

“RETROFIT is not facelift; it is the constructive and equipment intervention, of in-use buildings, that allows more efficient, comfortable responsible constructions. ”

Thinking of Retrofit? How to make the right investment?

Four questions that might help you to achieve a profitable and efficient RETROFIT investment.

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Which are the main reasons to intervene an occupied building?

Mantainance cost, services cost, property depreciation, achitectural update, irreversible pathologies, safety risks, sustainable lineament, user unsatisfaction.

Which level of intervention do I need?

Integral RETROFIT, inclusing constructive equipment and systems; operational, updating equipments for higher efficiency and lower consumption ones; constructive, improving the building's passive performance; or renovation, punctual mantainance, which will reuturn the building's original features (it is not considered RETROFIT, but is a kind of intervention very usual and efficient if the building has a good conception).

Which functional and structural performances do I need to incorporate to obtain the expected investment and expected return?

Think in the Conceptual Tripod of the ENVELOPE'S RETROFIT: Performance, Livability and Safety, fractioned in critical elements for the building's durability and operation.

Which type of constructive systemsare convenient for the RETROFIT?

The market offers products with a wide spectrum of solutions and, in many cases, several constructive systems meet the proposed requirements, facilitating the achitectural criation. For the ENVELOPE, we split the elements into four: Roofs and Waterproofing, Facades and Closures, Glazing, and Accesses and Opennings.

With the right resources, materials, techniques, and processes applications, the ENVELOPE'S transformation, you will have a blunt result in the strive for operational excellence.