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Life cycle primary energy analysis of residential buildings
Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för teknik och hållbar utveckling. (Ecotechnology)
Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för teknik och hållbar utveckling. (Ecotechnology)
2010 (English)In: Energy and Buildings, ISSN 0378-7788, E-ISSN 1872-6178, Vol. 42, no 2, p. 210-220Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The space heating demand of residential buildings can be decreased by improved insulation, reduced air leakage and by heat recovery from ventilation air. However, these measures result in an increased use of materials. As the energy for building operation decreases, the relative importance of the energy used in the production phase increases and influences optimization aimed at minimizing the Life cycle energy use. The Life cycle primary energy use of buildings also depends on the energy supply systems. In this work we analyse primary energy use and CO2 emission for the production and operation of conventional and low-energy residential buildings. Different types of energy supply systems are included in the analysis. We show that for a conventional and a low-energy building the primary energy use for production can be up to 45% and 60%, respectively, of the total, depending on the energy supply system, and with larger variations for conventional buildings. The primary energy used and the CO2 emission resulting from production are lower for wood-framed constructions than for concrete-framed constructions. The primary energy use and the CO2 emission depend strongly on the energy supply, for both conventional and low-energy buildings. For example, a single-family house from the 1970s heated with biomass-based district heating with cogeneration has 70% lower operational primary energy use than if heated with fuel-based electricity. The specific primary energy use with district heating was 40% lower than that of an electrically heated passive row house.

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2010. Vol. 42, no 2, p. 210-220
Keywords [en]
Residential, passive, low-energy, district heating, cogeneration, supply, electricity
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Other Environmental Engineering
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Technology (byts ev till Engineering), Civil engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-15606DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.08.017ISI: 000273837400008Scopus ID: 71649086165OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-15606DiVA, id: diva2:455057
Available from: 2008-12-29 Created: 2011-11-08 Last updated: 2017-12-08Bibliographically approved

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