The role of international institutional partnerships in delivering low-energy building design: A case study

Parrish, Kristen; Singh, Reshma; Chien, Szu-Cheng

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2014.05.007

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“…Due to economic booms, urban sprawl and population migration, buildings and the urban built environment have contributed significantly to and will continue to exacerbate global energy and environmental concerns. A great deal of research effort has focused on reducing building energy consumption and achieving a more sustainable built environment [30,31]. To treat buildings as standalone entities would ignore the neighboring buildings within their building networks that may substantially perturb the thermal-energy performance and the local micro-climate.…”

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Simulating the Inter-Building Effect on energy consumption from embedding phase change materials in building envelopes

Han

Taylor

2016

Sustainable Cities and Society

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The built environment contributes significantly to rapidly growing world energy consumption. Along with urbanization, buildings continue to escalate this trend owing to their tighter spatial interrelationships and the influence of their surrounding micro-environment. The concept of the Inter-Building Effect (IBE) was introduced to understand complex mutual impacts within spatially-proximal buildings. Recent research has revealed that inter-building reflection or shading can have nuanced effects on a month by month basis depending on the climatological context. The application of phase change materials (PCMs) has begun to be examined by researchers due to its ability to store and release heat within a certain temperature range. In this paper, we sought to explore and understand if PCM embedded building envelopes could potentially mitigate negative thermal-energy impacts within spatially proximal buildings. Building upon previous IBE research and simulation models, we conducted several building network simulations with different PCM settings in different climatological contexts. The results showed considerable improvements (up to 17%) of annual HVAC energy consumption when PCM-embedded building envelopes were used in the control building. The findings expand and deepen our understanding of the IBE, and may help minimize negative mutual influences across buildings that lead to increases in energy consumption in urban environments.

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Simulating the Inter-Building Effect on energy consumption from embedding phase change materials in building envelopes

Han

Taylor

2016

Sustainable Cities and Society

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“…The net-zero energy building (NZEB) [7,8] concept has gained popularity over the last decade as a way to improve energy efficiency within the building sector and as a model for creating sustainable cities. In India, considering the significant element of their high EC, it is preferable to incorporate the NZEB idea into commercial retrofit, as this will assist both the conservation of embodied construction energy and the decrease of operating energy.…”

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Retrofitting Existing Buildings to Improve Energy Performance

Sharma

Mohapatra²,

Sharma

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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Energy-efficient retrofits embrace enhancement of the building envelope through climate control strategies, employment of building-integrated renewable energy technologies, and insulation for a sustainable city. Building envelope improvements with insulation is a common approach, yet decision-making plays an important role in determining the most appropriate envelope retrofit strategy. In this paper, the main objective is to evaluate different retrofit strategies (RS) through a calibrated simulation approach. Based on an energy performance audit and monitoring, an existing building is evaluated on performance levels and improvement potentials with basic energy conservation measures. The considered building is experimentally monitored for a full year, and monitoring data are used in calibrating the simulation model. The validation of the base model is done by comparing the simulation analysis with the experimental investigation, and good agreement is found. Three different retrofit strategies based on Intervention of minor (RS1), Moderate (RS2), and Major (RS3) are analyzed and juxtaposed with the base model to identify the optimal strategy of minimizing energy consumption. The result shows that total energy intensity in terms of the percentage reduction index is about 16.7% for RS1, 19.87 for RS2, and 24.12% for RS3. Hence, RS3 is considered the optimal retrofit strategy and is further simulated for a reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and payback investigation. It was found that the annual reduction in CO2 emissions of the building was 18.56%, and the payback period for the investment was 10.6 years.

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“…There can be several benefits from such collaboration models -Parrish et al [3] affirm that international programs can build capacity, challenge the status quo, and create new resources in support of significant energy savings. Firstly, an international team can offer unbiased, scientific, innovative, and effective energyefficiency research and development (R&D).…”

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“…The latter may be more effective as transformational advances, compared to incremental improvements through only in-country approaches. Thirdly, complementarity in learning through bi-lateral or multi-lateral R&D can create a powerful and synergistic approach to support the mutual evolution of building energy efficiency in the collaborating countries [3]. On the other hand, there may be certain challenges, such as cultural and policy differences, that make it difficult to understand the partner country's ways of working and implementation.…”

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R&D and Implementation Outcomes from the U.S.-India Bilateral Center for Building Energy Research and Development Program

Singh¹,

Piette²,

Gadgil³

et al. 2019

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This paper explores the role of international partnerships to facilitate low-energy building design, construction, and operations. We present the strategic approach, joint research and development outcomes, and implementation activities of a unique U.S.-India program on buildings energy efficiency, the Center for Building Energy Research and Development. We discuss the collaboration successes in both countries despite their dissimilar building contexts, implementation challenges and opportunities. We highlight a range of R&D outcomes, such as novel tools and technologies developed and tested by the joint teams, with their technical energy savings potential, as well as results of capacity building and technology demonstrations. A deep-dive into key new scientific methods around building energy monitoring and benchmarking that could have a significant impact on high-performance of buildings in both countries is also provided. Finally, in addition to joint R&D successes, pathways to deployment, and lessons learned are discussed as key takeaways.

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The role of international institutional partnerships in delivering low-energy building design: A case study

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

Simulating the Inter-Building Effect on energy consumption from embedding phase change materials in building envelopes

Simulating the Inter-Building Effect on energy consumption from embedding phase change materials in building envelopes

Retrofitting Existing Buildings to Improve Energy Performance

R&D and Implementation Outcomes from the U.S.-India Bilateral Center for Building Energy Research and Development Program

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