Energy Consumption and Thermal Comfort Assessment in Retail Stores: Monitoring and Dynamic Simulation Applied to a Case Study in Turin

Raimondo, Daniela; Anna, Bassu; Paolo, Corgnati Stefano; Trifirò, Alena

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.049

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“…A literature review revealed that, despite availability of sustainable technologies, policies and operations management strategies, retail facilities fell short of meeting their energy-efficiency goals (Walmart, 2019). Research exploring the retail sector's sustainability (Delai and Takahashi, 2013) and, more specifically, the environmental impact of the retail sector (Naidoo and Gasparatos, 2018) and optimal energy use in retail facilities (Raimondo et al, 2015) is scarce. Very little aggregated data on energy efficiency of retail buildings has been published (Ferreira et al, 2018).…”

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Barriers to the implementation of energy-efficiency practices in the U.S. retail sector: facilities managers’ perceptions compared by facility size and business revenue

Saadatian,

Olbina

2024

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Purpose The retail sector has the largest energy consumption among commercial buildings in the U.S. Although previous studies explored benefits, barriers and solutions for implementing sustainability in various building sectors, research focused on retail facilities has been very scarce. This study aims to explore U.S. facilities managers’ perceptions of barriers that prevented the implementation of energy-efficiency practices in the retail sector. Their perceptions were compared by facility size and facilities management company’s business revenue. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was distributed to the members of the International Facility Management Association and the author's LinkedIn network. The survey responses were analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis and ANOVA. Findings Managers from large facilities, as opposed to those from small ones, significantly more agreed that the unavailability of building automation systems, a lack of professional writing skills and a lack of awareness of life cycle cost (LCC) were the barriers. Business revenue did not cause significantly different perceptions of the barriers except for a lack of awareness of LCC and a lack of support from upper management. Originality/value This study fills the research gap on energy efficiency in the retail sector by revealing U.S. facilities managers’ perceptions of the barriers to the implementation of energy-efficiency practices in retail stores. This novel study compares perceptions of the facilities managers by facility size and business revenue; this comparison has not been performed before. The study also identified several new barriers to the implementation of energy efficiency in the retail sector.

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Barriers to the implementation of energy-efficiency practices in the U.S. retail sector: facilities managers’ perceptions compared by facility size and business revenue

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Olbina

2024

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“…The authors used simulation to delineate improvements for the building control systems, monitoring the results, which showed good agreement. The average energy saving that this methodology offered for the year of 2013 was of 24% [ 19 ].…”

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Thermal Simulation of a Supermarket Cold Zone with Integrated Assessment of Human Thermal Comfort

Noversa

Silva

Rodrigues

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Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2020

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This work seeks to analyze the thermal comfort of the occupants in a large building of Commerce and Services, integrating measures of assessment and energy efficiency promotion. The building is still in the construction phase and at its conclusion, will correspond to a supermarket located in the Central region of Portugal. For the evaluation of thermal comfort, Fanger’s methodology was used, where the Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) and Predicted Percentage of Dissatisfied (PPD) were calculated based on a detailed analysis of the environmental variables. These are essential to obtain, namely, mean air velocity, mean radiant temperature, mean air temperature and relative humidity. The other crucial variables are the metabolic rate and the thermal clothing resistance. The simulations necessary for the thermal comfort assessment were performed in ANSYS Fluent, in order to minimize the energy consumption in the cold thermal zone of the building, the sales area with frozen and chilled food, by means of reducing the inflow of air, without compromising thermal Comfort. The final results showed that the reduction of the amount of air to be inflated did not compromise the thermal comfort of the occupants. The Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methodology allowed the creation of comfort maps, albeit for a single zone due to computational limitations. According to the results, the most comfortable zone was located right below the air insufflation with the summer being a more comfortable season. In winter, the main problem detected was the cold located near the floor.

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Investigation and analysis of power consumption in convenience stores in Taiwan

Chou

Chang

Hsu

2016

Energy and Buildings

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Energy Consumption and Thermal Comfort Assessment in Retail Stores: Monitoring and Dynamic Simulation Applied to a Case Study in Turin

Cited by 4 publications

References 4 publications

Barriers to the implementation of energy-efficiency practices in the U.S. retail sector: facilities managers’ perceptions compared by facility size and business revenue

Barriers to the implementation of energy-efficiency practices in the U.S. retail sector: facilities managers’ perceptions compared by facility size and business revenue

Thermal Simulation of a Supermarket Cold Zone with Integrated Assessment of Human Thermal Comfort

Investigation and analysis of power consumption in convenience stores in Taiwan

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