Assessment of energy savings from the revised building energy code of Thailand

Chirarattananon, Surapong; Chaiwiwatworakul, Pipat; Hien, Vu Duc; Rakkwamsuk, Pattana; Kubaha, Kuskana

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2009.12.027

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“…For new designs, the effect would become significant only over a long period [59]. To be environmentally effective the measures, therefore, should also be applied to retrofitting existing buildings.…”

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Assessment of climate change impact on building energy use and mitigation measures in subtropical climates

Wan

Lam

2011

Energy

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Assessment of climate change impact on building energy use and mitigation measures in subtropical climates

Wan

Lam

2011

Energy

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“…Not all the country governments publish the IO [27,28]. For other countries such as Thailand, the I-O table only has 100 sectors [29,30]; and the number of Australia is around 200 [11,24]; although it is still effective in calculating intensities, but the assessment result will not be as accurate as that of America. Additionally, although many database and tools have been developed to support process based LCA, which highly make it more convenient to evaluators, one point must be noted that the lifecycle boundary of the database mentioned in Table 2 are all cradle to gate.…”

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Comparative review of assessment methodologies of building embodied energy

Ji¹,

Guo²,

Chan³

2018

Creative Construction Conference 2018 - Proceedings

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According to a report of UNEP, the building sector accounts for 40 percent of the total energy consumption in the world and is related with 33 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. During the whole life cycle of a building, the total energy consumption can be classified in two categories: embodied energy and operational energy. Operational energy means the energy consumed by a building to support its operation and maintenance; while the embodied energy is defined as the energy consumed in producing of a building, including the building material production, on-site delivery, and construction. Plenty of efforts have been devoted into the reduction of the energy consumption through the operational phase, however, there is a controversial about the evaluation methodology of embodied energy due to the lack of regulation or uniform standard. Currently, there are three prevailing methodologies to assess the building embodied energy: Process analysis, Output-Input analysis, and Hybrid analysis. The measurement procedure, requirement of database, system boundary, labour and time input as well as the evaluation result are all different. The evaluators need to select the suitable methodology to achieve their evaluation objectives. With the aim to give out a reference for the selection of methodology, a comparative review is conducted to compare the advantages, disadvantages, and feasibilities of the three methodologies; and the appropriate methods for different regions in the world are also pointed out.

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“…With Thailand's current primary energy supply mix consisting of approximately 80% fossil fuels, reducing energy consumption to help achieve energy security is paramount, and low‐energy consuming residences are key to the effort (EGAT ; Chirarattananon et al. ).…”

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“…Citing data from Thailand's Energy Policy and Planning Office, Suerkemper and colleagues (2016) note that per capita final energy consumption in Thailand has increased from 0.39 tonnes oil equivalent per person (toe/person) to 0.96 toe/person between 1990 and 2013. With Thailand's current primary energy supply mix consisting of approximately 80% fossil fuels, reducing energy consumption to help achieve energy security is paramount, and low-energy consuming residences are key to the effort (EGAT 2013; Chirarattananon et al 2010).…”

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The Life Cycle Assessment of an Energy‐Positive Peri‐Urban Residence in a Tropical Regime

Bukoski¹,

Chaiwiwatworakul²,

Gheewala³

2016

J of Industrial Ecology

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Summary Urban settlements are home to the greatest levels of greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption globally, with unprecedented rates of urban expansion occurring today. With the majority of global urbanization occurring along the periphery of urban areas in developing countries, investigation of “green” building practices designed specifically for “peri‐urban” regions is critical for a low‐emitting future society. This study assesses a state‐of‐the‐art residence designed for a middle‐class family of four residing in the peri‐urban region of Bangkok, Thailand. The residence employs both demand‐side management strategies and low‐emitting energy supply technology to achieve energy‐positive status. To elucidate the influence that key design decisions have on the life cycle sustainability of the home, several variants of the residence are modeled. A process‐based life cycle assessment consistent with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14044:2006 standard and following ReCiPe Midpoint life cycle impact assessment methodology is used to quantify the life cycle impacts per square meter of conditioned residence floor area for climate change (582 kilograms [kg] carbon dioxide equivalent), terrestrial acidification (4.01 kg sulfur dioxide equivalent), freshwater eutrophication (30.4 grams phosphorous equivalent), fossil depletion (362 kg iron equivalent), and metal depletion (186 kg oil equivalent) impacts. We model multiple scenarios in which varying proportions of Bangkok's peri‐urban detached housing demand are fulfilled by the energy‐positive residence variants. Under the best‐case replacement scenario (i.e., 100% replacement of future peri‐urban detached housing), significant reductions are achieved across the life cycle climate change (80%), terrestrial acidification (82%), and fossil depletion (81%) impact categories for the steel‐framed, energy‐positive residence.

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Assessment of energy savings from the revised building energy code of Thailand

Cited by 58 publications

References 7 publications

Assessment of climate change impact on building energy use and mitigation measures in subtropical climates

Assessment of climate change impact on building energy use and mitigation measures in subtropical climates

Comparative review of assessment methodologies of building embodied energy

The Life Cycle Assessment of an Energy‐Positive Peri‐Urban Residence in a Tropical Regime

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