Calculating impacts of energy standards on energy demand in U.S. buildings with uncertainty in an integrated assessment model

Scott, Michael J.; Daly, Don S.; Hathaway, John E.; Lansing, Carina; Liu, Ying; McJeon, Haewon; Moss, Richard H.; Patel, Pralit; Peterson, Michael R.; Rice, Jennie S.; Zhou, Yuyu

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2015.06.127

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“…However, only very little prominence has been given to material efficiency in current green or sustainable procurement programs, and it is often limited to metrics of the use of recycled content (98). Labeling and standards are common instruments used to improve energy efficiency for buildings and energy-consuming products (ranging from appliances to cars and industrial motors) and have proven to be successful in achieving cost-effective energy savings (see, e.g., [99][100][101]. Standards have been introduced to increase the share of recycled content in newsprint and waste bags in California (102), and following a recent initiative in The Netherlands, a 25% recycled content will be required for PET bottles.…”

Section: Managing Our Materials Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Material Efficiency in Environmental Stewardship

Worrell

Allwood

Gutowski

2016

Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.

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Materials production requires a large amount of energy use and is a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, producing approximately 25% of all anthropogenic CO 2 emissions. It produces large volumes of waste both in production and at end-of-life disposal. More efficient use of materials could play a key role in achieving multiple environmental and economic benefits. Material efficiency entails the pursuit of technical strategies, business models, consumer preferences, and policy instruments that would lead to a substantial reduction in the production of new materials required to deliver well-being. Although many opportunities exist, material efficiency is not realized in practice to its full potential. We evaluate the potential for material efficiency improvement, highlight the drivers to realize material efficiency, and anticipate ways forward to realize the potential of dematerializing our lives and the economy to limit the impacts of climate change and remain on a sustainable development path.

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Section: Managing Our Materials Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Material Efficiency in Environmental Stewardship

Worrell

Allwood

Gutowski

2016

Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.

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“…In turn, energy demand varies based on various factors. As indicated in Guo et al (2023), the key determinants behind the building energy service demand vary on different trends in the socio-economic system, technological factors, behavioral aspects, and climate issues (Harvey, 2014;Scott et al, 2015;Scott et al, 2014;Zhou et al, 2014) and numerous electrification pathways. One key issue for limiting energy consumption regarding demand reduction concerns improving building stocks (Clift, 2007).…”

Section: Buildings and Energymentioning

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The Role of the Energy Use in Buildings in Front of Climate Change: Reviewing a System’s Challenging Future

Ekonomou¹,

Menegaki²

2023

Preprint

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Energy keeps the global economy alive, whereas it is extensively exposed to various climate change impacts. In this context, severe business competition (e.g., the building sector) and the unwise use of natural resources and ecosystem services (e.g., fossil fuel energy sources) seem to sharpen the relevant effects of climate change. Indicatively, contemporary issues at the interface of building energy performance and environmental quality levels include consequences from global warming, increasing releases of carbon dioxide to peak electrical loads, power grid and building planning, and energy demand and supply issues. In light of such concerns, the present review paper attempts to disclose the multifaceted and multidisciplinary character of building energy use at the interface of the economy, the environment, and society against climate change. This review highlights energy efficiency concepts, production, distribution, consumption patterns, and relevant technological improvements. Interestingly, the reviewed contributions in relevant literature reveal the need and necessity to alter the energy mix used and relevant energy use issues. These include developments in climate-proof and effective systems regarding climate change impacts and shocks. Practical implications indicate that the sustainable development goals for clean energy and climate action should be followed if we wish to bring a sustainable future closer and faster to our reality.

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“…Several methodologies have been proposed in the literature to deal with the uncertainty of EVs in a power grid. The MCS method is employed in [19][20][21][22] to deal with the uncertainties that are associated with the energy planning of power systems, buildings and microgrids. A multi-criterion optimization method for renewable energy system design towards net zero energy building is proposed in [19], considering the uncertainties of energy generation and consumption.…”

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“…The MCS is conducted to estimate the power mismatch and annual energy balance. In [20], Monte Carlo analysis is used to analyze the impacts of more aggressive U.S. residential and commercial building-energy codes and equipment standards on energy consumption and energy service costs. Authors claim that the study is robust to significant uncertainties by using MCS.…”

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Scenario generation for electric vehicles' uncertain behavior in a smart city environment

Soares¹,

Borges²,

Ghazvini³

et al. 2016

Energy

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This paper presents a framework and methods to estimate electric vehicles' possible states, regarding their demand, location and grid connection periods. The proposed methods use the Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the probability of occurrence for each state and a fuzzy logic probabilistic approach to characterize the uncertainty of electric vehicles' demand.Day-ahead and hour-ahead methodologies are proposed to support the smart grids' operational decisions. A numerical example is presented using an electric vehicles fleet in a smart city environment to obtain each electric vehicle possible states regarding their grid location.

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Calculating impacts of energy standards on energy demand in U.S. buildings with uncertainty in an integrated assessment model

Cited by 11 publications

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The Role of Material Efficiency in Environmental Stewardship

The Role of Material Efficiency in Environmental Stewardship

The Role of the Energy Use in Buildings in Front of Climate Change: Reviewing a System’s Challenging Future

Scenario generation for electric vehicles' uncertain behavior in a smart city environment

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