Energy-efficient renovation of an industrial hall
into a biomass and biogas laboratory in the context
of the EU Renovation Wave
Anna Stepien¹* (orcid id: 0000-0001-7937-8804)
Anita Ciosek¹ (orcid id: 0000-0002-5315-7058)
Jerzy Z. Piotrowski¹ (orcid id: 0000-0002-8479-1406) Anatoliy Pavlenko¹ (orcid id:
0000-0002-8103-2578) Ryszard Dachowski² (orcid id: 0000-0002-4412-7703) ¹ Kielce University of
Technology, Poland
² University of Radom, Poland
DOI: 10.17512/bozpe.2025.14.20
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KEYWORDS
renovation, modernization, hall, biomass, Renovation Wave, WT
ABSTRACT
The construction sector currently accounts for one-third of EU CO2 emissions, and approximately
75 % of existing buildings are energy inefficient. According to research, 85 % - 95 %
of existing buildings will still be standing in 2050. In October 2020, the European Commission
presented a strategy called the Renovation Wave, which aims to increase the energy
efficiency of buildings. The article includes an analysis of damage to an industrial facility
in the context of thermal and humidity conditions, an example of modernization work for
an industrial facility and its partial adaptation to a biomass, biogas, and biofuel laboratory.
The facility is a single-story steel hall with ceramic brick infill, with plan dimensions of
12.5 × 31.0 m and a height of 7.2 m. It was necessary to perform a technical condition
assessment, particularly of the construction materials, and an analysis of thermal and
humidity conditions for the indicated scope of renovation work.
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