Measures used to lower building energy consumption and their cost effectiveness

Florides, Georgios A.; Tassou, S.A.; Kalogirou, Soteris A.; Wrobel, L.C.

doi:10.1016/s0306-2619(02)00119-8

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“…Sources [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36] cite such related studies based on architectural issues to be taken as indicators when constructing energy strategies for new buildings and renovating existing buildings. However, this study analyzed most prevailing ones and emphasis was being on significant values of architectural considerations through certain area-based ratios.…”

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“…They involved such variables as thermo-physical characteristics of the exterior walls, building orientation and geometry, building location. Simulation programs have been commonly used as in the researches and they showed significant impact of these variables on heating energy consumption and energy efficiency [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. Several studies pointed out the very slight effect of window dimension on heating energy demand but showed the distinct impact on cooling energy demand [28][29][30].…”

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On the relation between architectural considerations and heating energy performance of Turkish residential buildings in Izmir

Kazanasmaz

Uygun

Akkurt

et al. 2014

Energy and Buildings

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a b s t r a c tBy considering the energy efficiency legislations among the European Union, Turkey is responsible to provide regulations to comply for the latest European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/31/EC. New legislation in Turkey requires information about the evaluation of energy performance of existing buildings. This study aimed to determine energy performance of residential buildings in Izmir, regarding significant relationships between their performance and architectural configuration through statistical analysis. The focus was on the heating energy consumption due to Energy Efficiency Law (2007) and Building Energy Performance Regulation (2008), and Standard Assessment Method for Energy Performance of Dwellings (KEP-SDM). This energy performance assessment method was based on Turkish standard TS 825, and European standard EN ISO 13790. It is known that architectural configuration of buildings and design norms have impact on energy performance of buildings. However, emphasis was given on significant values of architectural considerations through certain area-based ratios. The levels of these ratios were matched with the levels of energy consumption. By this, the consideration was to take early-precautions against high energy consumptions in the early design stage and to enhance legislation by adding recommendations of concrete architectural values. These would assist to predict the level of energy performance in the early design phase. Findings would provide feedback information on the residential building stock inİzmir, Turkey.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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On the relation between architectural considerations and heating energy performance of Turkish residential buildings in Izmir

Kazanasmaz

Uygun

Akkurt

et al. 2014

Energy and Buildings

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“…This can be achieved at a cost of only a few percent of the total cost of residential buildings, and at little or no net incremental cost in service-sector buildings (Demirbilek, et al, 2000;Hamada, et al, 2003;Hastings, 2004). In countries that have mild winters but still require heating (including developing countries), modest amounts of insulation can readily reduce heating requirements by a factor of two or more, as well as substantially reducing indoor summer temperatures (Taylor, et al, 2000;Florides, et al, 2002;Safarzadeh and Bahadori, 2005).…”

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“…Among which Design Builder is the most completed software. Several studies in this field have been performed to measure how to reduce energy consumption in buildings, such as control of air conditioning, sunlight, glass coating, orientation and etc (Florides et al, 2002). Orientation plays a major role in saving energy.…”

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Comparative Study of Single-glazed and Double-glazed Windows in Terms of Energy Efficiency and Economic Expenses

Forughian¹,

Aiini

2017

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Saving fossil fuels and the use of clean sources of energy lead to reduce in building operating costs, protect the environment and people's health. Windows are the most vulnerable part of building where energy loss occurs. Double-glazed windows are very effective in keeping inside temperature isolated from outside; thereby, saving electrical and thermal energy. The current study estimates the numerical changes in cooling and heating load in case of replacement double-glazed window with single-glazed window and calculates saving level for this replacement. In this context, this paper presents a model of real samples taken in Mashhad climate. To ensure the accuracy of the simulation results, real results were compared with electricity and gas bills. To calculate energy related parameters such as cooling load, heating load, the consumption of gas and electricity, the energy simulation software (Design Builder) was used. The research method was a quantitative analysis based on energy consumption modeling, associated with building windows which comes in four sections. The field study was also used to compare with real electricity and gas bills. As the first stage, samples of the plan were identified, based on the observation of climate models and library studies. Then, simulation parameters such as window materials and internal and external walls were considered. The simulation was performed based software's parameters and model limitations were determined based on thermal, lighting, climatic and architectural parameters. Finally, the experimental and practical data were used to determine the validity of the model under Mashhad climate conditions. Overall, the results indicated that double-glazed windows could save 50% of entire building loads, 0.2% on power consumption, 16.2% on gas and 12.4% on overall households' energy consumption.

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Measures used to lower building energy consumption and their cost effectiveness

Cited by 190 publications

References 4 publications

On the relation between architectural considerations and heating energy performance of Turkish residential buildings in Izmir

On the relation between architectural considerations and heating energy performance of Turkish residential buildings in Izmir

Rapidly falling costs of battery packs for electric vehicles

Comparative Study of Single-glazed and Double-glazed Windows in Terms of Energy Efficiency and Economic Expenses

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