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    Tools and procedures to support decision making for cost-effective energy and carbon emissions optimization in building renovation

    TitleTools and procedures to support decision making for cost-effective energy and carbon emissions optimization in building renovation
    Publication TypePapers in International Journals
    Year of Publication2018
    AuthorsDalla Mora T., Peron F., Romagnoni P., Almeida, Manuela G., and Ferreira M.
    Abstract

    Many countries request to adopt measures for improving the buildings energy efficiency, for reducing the carbon emissions and for increasing the renewable energy use.

    The paper presents tools and procedures to support decision making according to the IEA-EBC Annex 56 project, “Cost-Effective Energy and Carbon Emissions Optimization in Building Renovation”. The first part of the paper describes the methodology proposed by the Annex for maximizing effects on reducing carbon emissions and primary energy use while considering the cost-effectiveness of related measures that consists in comparing renovation packages based on the results of a life cycle cost assessment. The optimization process focuses on the overall added values achieved in a renovation process, which means to identify the global quality improvement and further additional benefits (here called co-benefits) like comfort improvement (thermal, natural lighting, indoor air quality, acoustics, etc.), that allow to increase the value of the building.

    The second part describes the A56opt-tool, the tool developed (an excel file) as support for calculations based on the Annex 56 methodology in order to compare and to evaluate different packages of renovation measures. The kind of information needed as input, how to fill it in in the worksheet and the whole process for optimization focus on the single output of each calculation till the identification of the optimal solution are also described.

    The last part presents the application of the methodology and calculation of the project in a case study, in order to show step by step the operative calculation process.

    JournalEnergy and Buildings
    Volume167
    Editionon line
    Pagination200-215
    Date Published2018-02-24
    PublisherElsevier
    ISSN0378-7788
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.02.030
    KeywordsBuilding renovation measures, Cost-Effective, EPBD recast, Global cost, IEA-EBC Annex 56, Life cycle assessment, Optimization tool, Primary energy use
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    Peer reviewedyes
    Statuspublished
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    The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.

    Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more


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