Due to the European Union, which aspires to pursue an ambitious climate policy, in Poland we have been seeing the development of the energy sector over recent years, reflected by a constantly growing share of green energy. Nevertheless, it is still not enough in relation to the requirements of European law. Europe is to become a climate neutral continent by 2050—if Poland wants to comply with these agreements, it must undergo an energy transformation.
This paper discusses issues related to cooling load and energy consumption for air conditioning systems and presents the results of calculations conducted for six different climate localizations: three in Poland (Bialystok, Warsaw, Wroclaw) and three in Spain (Burgos, Madrid, Cordoba). Analysis was conducted for a same lecture hall design for 100 users locates in the different cities. During cooling load calculations, we focused on gains from diverse type of heat sources: electrical devices, air infiltration, heat transfer trough envelope and occupants. Calculations were made for a comfort temperature that was set at 22°C in Poland and 24°C in Spain following previous studies [11]. The highest contributions to cooling load correspond to occupancy and solar gains which depends mainly on outdoor conditions. In Poland, cooling load was found similar for different locations, while in Spain, they are big differences between cities located in North and South of this country by effect of different outdoor conditions. The work also compares cost of air condition annual energy consumption costs for the air conditioning system. Highest cost for cooling was found in Spain (Cordoba) with value (2629 €) almost 378% higher than average Polish cost.
This research aims to show the advisability of usage of selected renewable energy sources for domestic hot water (DHW) installations in buildings located in Poland and Spain. The analysis was conducted for a typical kindergarten, an example of buildings with high density of people and stable profile of usage, as opposed to schools which are closed during summer holidays. We took into account national regulations to estimate heat demand. Then applying solar collectors and heat pumps to use as a monovalent energy sources were considered. The total cost of the system with solar collectors in Poland was found to be 1.4 times higher than in Spain, whereas the difference in a case of air heat pumps was 18%. Moreover efficiency of solar collector and heat pump systems were found as 49.56% for Warsaw, 52.29% for Madrid with coefficient of performance (COP) 2.2 and 2.55 respectively, therefore simple payback time (SPBT) of investment was estimated in a range between 6-12 years for solar collectors and 5-6 years for heat pumps.
In this paper we show the advisability of usage of solar collectors for domestic hot water (DHW) preparation in buildings located in two countries: Poland and Spain. The analysis was conducted for a single-family house with horizontal roof. During the calculations we took into account factors depending on the building location such as national rules, climatic conditions, cost of system installation, and fuel and electricity prices. Based on the total design heat losses and demand for DHW, the demand for usable energy for heating the buildings and DHW preparation was calculated. A gas boiler was selected as the heat source of the building, and solar collectors (flat-plate and vacuum pipe) were chosen as the source of DHW preparation. Installation investment costs and annual operating costs have been stamped. Calculations show that for buildings located in Spain, heat losses were 36.5% lower and the demand for thermal power for DHW was 59.5% lower than for buildings located in Poland. Annual operating costs of the heating installation for both buildings were at similar levels, due to high fuel prices in Spain, while the operating costs of DHW installations were 28.2% higher for locations in Poland. The results show that the use of solar collectors in Poland is economically justified.
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