Life-cycle environmental and cost-effective energy retrofitting solutions for office stock

The European Green Deal establishes the need to renovate buildings in an energy efficient way, to address climate and environmental challenges. The purpose of this study was to devise a model for identifying environmental, cost-effective retrofitting measures by assessing their energy, economic and...

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Autores: Gangolells Solanellas, Marta|||0000-0001-7921-595X, Gaspar Fàbregas, Kàtia|||0000-0003-3842-1401, Casals Casanova, Miquel|||0000-0001-5379-894X, Ferré Bigorra, Jaume|||0000-0002-0872-9547, Forcada Matheu, Núria|||0000-0003-2109-4205, Macarulla Martí, Marcel|||0000-0002-5469-7291
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/191958
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/191958
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102319
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Office buildings -- Energy conservation
Life cycle costing
Office buildings
Energy retrofitting
Reference buildings
Representative offices
Life-cycle assessment
Life-cycle energy impact
Life-cycle economic impact
Life-cycle environmental impact
Edificis d'oficines -- Estalvi d'energia
Anàlisi del cicle de vida
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Edificació
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spelling Life-cycle environmental and cost-effective energy retrofitting solutions for office stockGangolells Solanellas, Marta|||0000-0001-7921-595XGaspar Fàbregas, Kàtia|||0000-0003-3842-1401Casals Casanova, Miquel|||0000-0001-5379-894XFerré Bigorra, Jaume|||0000-0002-0872-9547Forcada Matheu, Núria|||0000-0003-2109-4205Macarulla Martí, Marcel|||0000-0002-5469-7291Office buildings -- Energy conservationLife cycle costingOffice buildingsEnergy retrofittingReference buildingsRepresentative officesLife-cycle assessmentLife-cycle energy impactLife-cycle economic impactLife-cycle environmental impactEdificis d'oficines -- Estalvi d'energiaAnàlisi del cicle de vidaÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::EdificacióThe European Green Deal establishes the need to renovate buildings in an energy efficient way, to address climate and environmental challenges. The purpose of this study was to devise a model for identifying environmental, cost-effective retrofitting measures by assessing their energy, economic and environmental impact when they are applied to the entire office stock. The methodology builds upon the energy performance certificate scheme to identify the life-cycle energy, economic and environmental impacts of a set of energy renovation measures for each representative office. The results can then be applied to the entire office stock. For any real office, a dozen characteristics are entered. Then, a user-friendly interface provides information about the expected performance of the renovation measures in that case along with the representativeness of the results. This methodology was implemented in a Spanish case study of 13,701 energy performance certificates. The findings showed that the most efficient energy renovation measures are heat pump replacement (18.1%) and replacement of lamps with LEDs (14.4%). Although the most effective retrofitting solutions depended on the evaluation criteria (energy, economic or environmental), 99.5% of the cost-effective measures also reduced emissions during the life cycle.This research was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy,Industry and Competitiveness under R&D project EOFF, reference no.BIA2016-75382-R (AEI/FEDER, UE). The Catalan Institute of Energy(ICAEN) is gratefully acknowledged for allowing access to the energy performance certificates database.Peer ReviewedElsevier20202020-10-0120202020-06-30journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/191958https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102319reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/1919582026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Life-cycle environmental and cost-effective energy retrofitting solutions for office stock
title Life-cycle environmental and cost-effective energy retrofitting solutions for office stock
spellingShingle Life-cycle environmental and cost-effective energy retrofitting solutions for office stock
Gangolells Solanellas, Marta|||0000-0001-7921-595X
Office buildings -- Energy conservation
Life cycle costing
Office buildings
Energy retrofitting
Reference buildings
Representative offices
Life-cycle assessment
Life-cycle energy impact
Life-cycle economic impact
Life-cycle environmental impact
Edificis d'oficines -- Estalvi d'energia
Anàlisi del cicle de vida
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Edificació
title_short Life-cycle environmental and cost-effective energy retrofitting solutions for office stock
title_full Life-cycle environmental and cost-effective energy retrofitting solutions for office stock
title_fullStr Life-cycle environmental and cost-effective energy retrofitting solutions for office stock
title_full_unstemmed Life-cycle environmental and cost-effective energy retrofitting solutions for office stock
title_sort Life-cycle environmental and cost-effective energy retrofitting solutions for office stock
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gangolells Solanellas, Marta|||0000-0001-7921-595X
Gaspar Fàbregas, Kàtia|||0000-0003-3842-1401
Casals Casanova, Miquel|||0000-0001-5379-894X
Ferré Bigorra, Jaume|||0000-0002-0872-9547
Forcada Matheu, Núria|||0000-0003-2109-4205
Macarulla Martí, Marcel|||0000-0002-5469-7291
author Gangolells Solanellas, Marta|||0000-0001-7921-595X
author_facet Gangolells Solanellas, Marta|||0000-0001-7921-595X
Gaspar Fàbregas, Kàtia|||0000-0003-3842-1401
Casals Casanova, Miquel|||0000-0001-5379-894X
Ferré Bigorra, Jaume|||0000-0002-0872-9547
Forcada Matheu, Núria|||0000-0003-2109-4205
Macarulla Martí, Marcel|||0000-0002-5469-7291
author_role author
author2 Gaspar Fàbregas, Kàtia|||0000-0003-3842-1401
Casals Casanova, Miquel|||0000-0001-5379-894X
Ferré Bigorra, Jaume|||0000-0002-0872-9547
Forcada Matheu, Núria|||0000-0003-2109-4205
Macarulla Martí, Marcel|||0000-0002-5469-7291
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Office buildings -- Energy conservation
Life cycle costing
Office buildings
Energy retrofitting
Reference buildings
Representative offices
Life-cycle assessment
Life-cycle energy impact
Life-cycle economic impact
Life-cycle environmental impact
Edificis d'oficines -- Estalvi d'energia
Anàlisi del cicle de vida
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Edificació
topic Office buildings -- Energy conservation
Life cycle costing
Office buildings
Energy retrofitting
Reference buildings
Representative offices
Life-cycle assessment
Life-cycle energy impact
Life-cycle economic impact
Life-cycle environmental impact
Edificis d'oficines -- Estalvi d'energia
Anàlisi del cicle de vida
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Edificació
description The European Green Deal establishes the need to renovate buildings in an energy efficient way, to address climate and environmental challenges. The purpose of this study was to devise a model for identifying environmental, cost-effective retrofitting measures by assessing their energy, economic and environmental impact when they are applied to the entire office stock. The methodology builds upon the energy performance certificate scheme to identify the life-cycle energy, economic and environmental impacts of a set of energy renovation measures for each representative office. The results can then be applied to the entire office stock. For any real office, a dozen characteristics are entered. Then, a user-friendly interface provides information about the expected performance of the renovation measures in that case along with the representativeness of the results. This methodology was implemented in a Spanish case study of 13,701 energy performance certificates. The findings showed that the most efficient energy renovation measures are heat pump replacement (18.1%) and replacement of lamps with LEDs (14.4%). Although the most effective retrofitting solutions depended on the evaluation criteria (energy, economic or environmental), 99.5% of the cost-effective measures also reduced emissions during the life cycle.
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