Involving occupants in net-zero-energy solar housing retrofits: An Australian sub-tropical case study

Miller, Wendy; Liu, Aaron; Amin, Zakaria Mohd.; Gray, Matthew J.

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2017.10.008

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“…Australia has been credited for having a national "love affair" with retrofits due to a "renovation culture" that prioritizes style and aesthetics. 101 There, many homes have 371 implemented retrofits aimed at being low carbon or even "net zero energy," defined as a 372 building with zero net energy consumption throughout the year. Australians have often 373 installed small-scale rooftop solar photovoltaic panels because they are seen as more modern, 374 and overall more beautiful.…”

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“…Three of the homes have a rooftop PV system and all homes are connected to a radial distribution network. These homes were part of a study evaluating innovations in energy efficiency and net zero energy (NZE) housing in Australia [47][48][49][50]. It is coincidental that they are in four different LVDNs but the data collected for energy efficiency/NZE analysis inadvertently provided an opportunity to evaluate power quality measured at these premises.…”

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Power Quality and Rooftop-Photovoltaic Households: An Examination of Measured Data at Point of Customer Connection

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Amin³

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Photovoltaics (PVs) have been widely reported as causing power quality problems for electricity distribution networks. Much of this literature gives the impression that networks, particularly low voltage networks, were effectively and proficiently managed and operated before the rise of PVs and that this new technology is causing problems that did not previously exist and would not currently exist if there were no rooftop PV systems. The purpose of this paper is to examine measured data of power quality at the customer service point of four random households in four different distribution networks in Australia. This is the first report of power quality examination from the perspective of the end-user (solar households). The results show that the low voltage distribution networks reported in this study do not have networks that meet required power quality standards-and this cannot be attributed to the rooftop PV systems reported here. The paper proposes that power quality failures in these low voltage networks could be attributed to poor historical management, missed opportunities to embrace PVs as a means of better network management, lack of acknowledgement of the emergence of the prosumer and lack of total quality management and systems thinking.

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“…(2017) [5]. Methods of support of households in Australia to decide on the reconstruction of an existing housing stock to the level of houses close to zero energy consumption, an evaluation of possible solutions that can be implemented over time, the implementation of selected solutions and the measurement of the impact of these solutions in terms of net energy balance, demand, comfort and cost are reviewed by Miller W., Liu L.A., Amin Z., Gray M. (2018) [6]. An overview of existing NZEB projects, the formulation of NZEB development strategies for Australia and the identification of potential NZEB research areas is described by Wells L., Rismanchi B., Aye L. (2018) [7].…”

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Priorities of Sustainable Building Concept and Evaluation of Possibilities for Energy Efficiency Management of Buildings (As in the Case of Ukraine)

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Komelina²,

Shcherbinina³

2018

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Ensuring the energy efficiency functioning of housing and communal services and increasing the energy efficiency of Ukraine's housing stock, which is one of the largest consumers of heat energy, requires the search for potential opportunities for managing energy efficiency of buildings. Integration into the world economy obliges Ukraine to adhere to international economic principles, one of which is the growth of energy efficiency.The article examines the experience of the world countries in the field of energy efficiency of buildings on the basis of sustainable building concept. The methodology of calculating the integral rating point of the regions of the country based on their energy saving potential is developed. It can be used to evaluate the potential of energy efficiency management of buildings in Ukraine. As a result of the calculations of the integrated estimation of the energy saving potential, an appropriate ranking and grouping of the regions of Ukraine has been carried out.Improvement of the organizational and technical potential of providing energy-efficient functioning of the housing and communal services of Ukraine and the introduction of effective mechanisms for its modernization on the basis of the sustainable building concept should ensure an increase in the efficiency of energy efficiency management of buildings.

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Involving occupants in net-zero-energy solar housing retrofits: An Australian sub-tropical case study

Cited by 35 publications

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Culture and low-carbon energy transitions

Culture and low-carbon energy transitions

Power Quality and Rooftop-Photovoltaic Households: An Examination of Measured Data at Point of Customer Connection

Priorities of Sustainable Building Concept and Evaluation of Possibilities for Energy Efficiency Management of Buildings (As in the Case of Ukraine)

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