LCE Analysis of Buildings - Taking the Step Towards Net Zero Energy Buildings

Berggren, Björn; Hall, Monika

doi:10.18777/ieashc-task40-2013-0002

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“…Kibert [25] argued that photovoltaics and fuel cells technologies were suggested as substitutes for a pre-dominantly fossil fuel-powered energy system, but actually require more energy to produce than they themselves will ever generate. Berggren et al [5] indicated that upgrading a low energy building to a net zero energy building may result in a small increase of the embodied energy, but the energy savings achieved in the annual operating energy balance early exceed the increase in embodied energy.…”

Section: Interwoven Dialectics Of Sb With Methodological Limitationmentioning

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Dialectics of sustainable building: Evidence from empirical studies 1987–2013

Pan

Ning

2014

Building and Environment

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Section: Interwoven Dialectics Of Sb With Methodological Limitationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dialectics of sustainable building: Evidence from empirical studies 1987–2013

Pan

Ning

2014

Building and Environment

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“…Some stakeholders explicitly requested this parameter because it was considered a very effective for hierarchizing the different technical actions on the basis not only of their energy performances (Huang et al 2012) but also of the total energy savings throughout the life span. This indicator was also considered one of the most useful for verifying the suitability of the adopted technological actions in the path towards nearly zero-energy buildings (Berggren et al 2013;Berry et al 2014), as required by a recent European Directive (European Union 2010). The parameter ENV1, which is the CO 2 emissions avoided throughout the life span of the proposed actions, was selected as the most representative of the environmental performance (Li et al 2013) out of the proposed interventions, along with its close link with the consumption of primary energy in the residential sector.…”

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An ex post criticism, based on stakeholders’ preferences, of a residential sector’s energy master plan: the case study of the Sicilian region

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Energy master plans are important tools for an effective and sustainable land governance. On the other hand, the stakeholder role in setting priorities for\ud planning energy interventions is dramatically increasing,\ud also in the light of recently issued European directives.\ud The priorities of energy-saving measures of the\ud Sicilian energy and environmental master plan were\ud originally established with the application of typical\ud economic indicators (the cost of saved energy and the\ud cost of avoided pollutant emissions). During the prioritization\ud process, there was a minor contribution from\ud stakeholders who were not directly involved in the\ud priority-setting process but were only asked to express\ud their opinions according to the in-force regulations.\ud Based on more active stakeholder involvement in hierarchizing\ud a given set of actions, as required by the\ud recently issued directives, the University of Palermo,\ud which participated in the development of this master\ud plan, assessed an ex post evaluation of these established\ud economy-based priorities, by means of the application\ud of a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) tool. The\ud resulting changed priorities, which lead to a better policy\ud allocation of the regional budget for energy efficiency in\ud the building sector, confirm the preeminent role played\ud by the stakeholders in the development of energy plans,\ud further supported by a sensitivity analysis

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“…The sustainable technologies (such as solar panels, low flow faucets, low VOC paints) help in achieving green building targets by conserving energy, water, and materials, and lowering human health impacts. Examples of common technologies used in green buildings can be found in the literature with reference to Yuan et al (2013), Li et al (2013), Marszal et al (2011 and Berggren et al (2013).…”

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Spatial life cycle sustainability assessment: a conceptual framework for net-zero buildings

Hossaini

Hewage

Sadiq

2015

Clean Techn Environ Policy

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The building sector has a huge impact on the environment; it consumes 30-40 % of global natural resources and 40 % of energy. The impacts of the building sector can be reduced drastically by implementing a netzero approach in both design and sustainability management of buildings. Net-zero building is a building system that uses sustainable materials and produces its needed energy and water throughout its life cycle. Unlike green buildings, there is a limited number of sustainability rating systems for net-zero buildings (e.g., Living Building Challenge). Despite the importance of geographical characteristics and local environmental conditions, spatial consideration in green and net-zero buildings is largely lacking in the literature. Considering the variability of environmental behavior around the globe and its significant effects on energy, water demands, and availability of construction materials, it is a major shortcoming to ignore the role of geography in net-zero buildings. This paper discusses a new methodology in the assessment of net-zero buildings by integrating regional characteristics and life cycle sustainability assessment. The methodology outlined in this paper can assist in sustainability design and decision making of net-zero buildings.

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LCE Analysis of Buildings - Taking the Step Towards Net Zero Energy Buildings

Cited by 7 publications

References 23 publications

Dialectics of sustainable building: Evidence from empirical studies 1987–2013

Dialectics of sustainable building: Evidence from empirical studies 1987–2013

An ex post criticism, based on stakeholders’ preferences, of a residential sector’s energy master plan: the case study of the Sicilian region

Spatial life cycle sustainability assessment: a conceptual framework for net-zero buildings

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