Decarbonizing rural residential buildings in cold climates: A techno-economic analysis of heating electrification

Padovani, Filippo; Sommerfeldt, Nelson; Longobardi, Francesca; Pearce, Joshua M.

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111284

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“…performed a TEA to quantify the technical and financial aspects of decarbonizing residential heating systems within the Upper Midwest of the US. This study showed that when solar photovoltaics were utilized with electrified heat pumps, GHG emissions from residential buildings were immediately reduced by a maximum of 50% 15 …”

Section: Literature Review Of Recent Domestic Heating Studiesmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…These included biogas, synthetic natural gas and solar thermal pathways. The study 14 determined that alternative pathways may provide 2-70% of the heating loads, while 100% of the heating loads can be provided by electricity.…”

Section: Literature Review Of Recent Domestic Heating Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, Wang et al 17 looked at a residential wood pellet boiler heating system, while Neves et al 16 considered a geothermal heat pump system. Sheikh and Callaway 14 focused on a multitude of pathways and fuels such as solar thermal pathways, synthetic natural gas, and biogas. While the pathways and fuels modeled differed throughout the literature, they could all serve as residential heating systems.…”

Section: Literature Review Of Recent Domestic Heating Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recent refereed domestic heating studies focused on achieving GHG emission reductions along with examining alternative decarbonization heating pathways. [12][13][14] While residential heating studies examined the financial viability and payback period of the systems, 16,17 it is clear that more research is needed in terms of comparing both the financial viability and the GHG emissions of alternative residential heating systems. This paper does so by performing a comparative analysis accounting for the net present values (NPVs) and CO 2 e emissions of four different residential heating scenarios.…”

Section: Literature Review Of Recent Domestic Heating Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several studies in the peer‐reviewed literature also analyzed the technical and financial feasibility of diverse residential heating systems utilizing techno‐economic analysis (TEA). A recent study by Padovani et al 15 . performed a TEA to quantify the technical and financial aspects of decarbonizing residential heating systems within the Upper Midwest of the US.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Achieving the stringent climate goals established by New York State will require significant emissions reductions across the agriculture, commercial and residential, electricity, industry and transportation sectors. This study analyzed the residential heating sector and quantified the environmental and financial impacts of four different residential heating pathways for buildings located in New York State. A conventional ultra‐low sulfur diesel pathway served as the baseline scenario against which three low‐carbon alternative pathways were compared: (1) a ‘bioheat’ scenario in which biomass‐based diesel is blended with heating oil; (2) a natural gas scenario; and (3) an electric scenario (air‐source heat pump). The low‐carbon alternative heating pathways incorporate the social cost of carbon as an internalized financial benefit from the conventional ultra‐low sulfur diesel baseline scenario. The bioheat pathway yielded the highest net present value (NPV) at $3 684 513 and the electric (air‐source heat pump) pathway had a NPV of $3 618 229. The electric and bioheat scenarios yielded the lowest and second lowest total cumulative emissions at 28545 Mt CO2e and 51 438 Mt CO2e, respectively. This study also incorporated a comprehensive sensitivity analysis to depict the impact of: NPV discount rates, fuel costs, carbon intensity values, system installation costs and social cost of carbon values. The study provides policymakers, researchers and other interested stakeholders with a comparison of the environmental and financial impacts of diverse residential heating systems. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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confidence: 99%

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Research on low‐carbon evaluation of clean energy use in rural residential buildings based on Analytic Hierarchy Process method

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Liu

Hong

et al. 2023

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As an important part of the construction industry, rural residential buildings are characterized by low energy utilization, unreasonable structure, and low consumption level, so it is particularly important to study the low carbon transformation and evaluation system. In this study, the coefficient of variation method was used to identify the important factors affecting the low‐carbon transformation of rural residential buildings, and the evaluation system of low‐carbonization of rural residential buildings was determined by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), and the system was used in a rural residential building low‐carbonization evaluation study. The results show that “Energy utilization,” “Envelope structure,” and “Economic factors” have obvious influence on the low carbonization of buildings, with the weights of 36.4%, 24.5%, and 19.5%, respectively. Among the secondary indicators, the top four weightings are “clean energy utilization rate” (0.152), “external wall insulation system” (0.090), “window performance” (0.088), and “electricity consumption” (0.084), which are the most critical factors influencing the low carbonization level of clean energy utilization in rural residential buildings. Finally, based on the constructed low‐carbonization evaluation system, we propose targeted solution strategies to provide a theoretical basis for establishing an effective assessment system for the low‐carbonization of clean energy in rural residential buildings.

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Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Nearly-Zero Energy Buildings: An Introduction to the Methodologies

Amini Toosi,

Famiglietti,

Motta

2023

Environmental Footprints and Eco-Design of Products and Processes

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Decarbonizing rural residential buildings in cold climates: A techno-economic analysis of heating electrification

Cited by 33 publications

References 68 publications

A comparative analysis of the cumulative greenhouse gas emissions and financial viability of residential heating systems located in New York state

A comparative analysis of the cumulative greenhouse gas emissions and financial viability of residential heating systems located in New York state

Research on low‐carbon evaluation of clean energy use in rural residential buildings based on Analytic Hierarchy Process method

Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Nearly-Zero Energy Buildings: An Introduction to the Methodologies

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