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Implications of energy efficiency renovation measures for a Swedish residential building on cost, primary energy use and carbon dioxide emission.

Panel: 5A. Cutting the energy use of buildings: Projects and technologies

This is a peer-reviewed paper.

Authors:
Farshid Bonakdar, Built Environment and Energy Technology Department, Linnaeus University
Leif Gustavsson, School of engineering,
Linnaeus University, Sweden
Ambrose Dodoo, School of engineering,
Linnaeus University, Sweden

Abstract

Building sector accounts for 40% of total primary energy use in the EU. Measures to improve energy efficiency in existing buildings may reduce primary energy use and carbon dioxide (CO2) emission. In this study, we analysed the potential final energy savings for space heating and cost-effectiveness of different energy efficiency measures for a Swedish multi-story residential building from building owner perspective. The implications of the measures on primary energy use and CO2 emission were also explored. Building envelope elements were considered as energy efficiency measures. Required investment for energy efficiency measures per saved energy price was used as indication for the cost-effectiveness of energy renovation. We analysed three scenarios of energy renovation where the building is in its initial state, once with and then without renovation need for repair and maintenance purpose and the scenario for the current state of building. The current state of the building has some modification compared to the initial state. We performed sensitivity analysis to study the influence of economic parameters on the cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency measures. The results showed that the energy savings and cost-effectiveness of the measures depend on building characteristics, energy efficiency measures and the assumed economic parameters. Modelling of final energy use, before and after energy renovation, and its cost analysis showed that the considered energy efficiency measures were not economically profitable with the initial economic assumption (6% discount rate and 1.9% annual energy price increase during 50-year lifespan). For the renovation package of all energy efficiency measures, energy renovation appeared to be profitable when discount rate and annual energy price increase were 3% and 2.5% (or larger), respectively. Primary energy use and CO2 emission were reduced by 45 to 50% for the same package for the building with cogeneration-based district heating.

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