Analysis of energy use in building services of the industrial sector in California: Two case studies. Final report

The recovery of waste heat is a fundamental means of achieving the ambitious medium- and long-term targets set by European and international directives. Despite the large availability of waste heat, especially at low temperatures (<250 °C), the implementation rate of heat recovery interventions is still low, mainly due to non-technical barriers. To overcome this limitation, this work aims to develop two distinct databases containing waste heat recovery case studies and technologies as a novel tool to enhance knowledge transfer in the industrial sector. Through an in-depth analysis of the scientific literature, the two databases’ structures were developed, defining fields and information to collect, and then a preliminary population was performed. Both databases were validated by interacting with companies which operate in the heat recovery technology market and which are possible users of the tools. Those proposed are the first example in the literature of databases completely focused on low-temperature waste heat recovery in the industrial sector and able to provide detailed information on heat exchange and the technologies used. The tools proposed are two key elements in supporting companies in all the phases of a heat recovery intervention: from identifying waste heat to choosing the best technology to be adopted.

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Social License to Automate: Emerging Approaches to Demand Side Management - Executive Summary

10.47568/4xr123 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sophie Adams ◽

Lisa Diamond ◽

Tara Esterl ◽

Peter Fröhlich ◽

Rishabh Ghotge ◽

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Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Electric Vehicles ◽

Demand Side Management ◽

Heat Pumps ◽

Final Report ◽

Demand Side ◽

Executive Summary ◽

Air Conditioners ◽

Social License

Executive Summary of the final report of the Users TCP Social License to Automate Task findings from a 2 year project with 16 researchers in 6 countries, 26 Case studies spanning electric vehicles, home and precinct batteries, air conditioners and other heat pumps.

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Improving energy use in schools: from IEQ towards energy-efficient planning—method and in-field application to two case studies

Energy Efficiency ◽

10.1007/s12053-018-9742-5 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 1253-1277 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Luísa Dias Pereira ◽

Francisco Bispo Lamas ◽

Manuel Gameiro da Silva

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Energy Efficient ◽

Energy Use ◽

Field Application ◽

Planning Method ◽

Efficient Planning

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Strategies to Improve the Energy Performance of Buildings: A Review of Their Life Cycle Impact

Buildings ◽

10.3390/buildings8080105 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (8) ◽

pp. 105 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Nadia MIRABELLA ◽

Martin RÖCK ◽

Marcella Ruschi Mendes SAADE ◽

Carolin SPIRINCKX ◽

Marc BOSMANS ◽

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Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Case Studies ◽

Environmental Impacts ◽

Energy Use ◽

Ghg Emissions ◽

Energy Performance ◽

Environmental Benefits ◽

Embodied Energy ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Operational Energy

Globally, the building sector is responsible for more than 40% of energy use and it contributes approximately 30% of the global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. This high contribution stimulates research and policies to reduce the operational energy use and related GHG emissions of buildings. However, the environmental impacts of buildings can extend wide beyond the operational phase, and the portion of impacts related to the embodied energy of the building becomes relatively more important in low energy buildings. Therefore, the goal of the research is gaining insights into the environmental impacts of various building strategies for energy efficiency requirements compared to the life cycle environmental impacts of the whole building. The goal is to detect and investigate existing trade-offs in current approaches and solutions proposed by the research community. A literature review is driven by six fundamental and specific research questions (RQs), and performed based on two main tasks: (i) selection of literature studies, and (ii) critical analysis of the selected studies in line with the RQs. A final sample of 59 papers and 178 case studies has been collected, and key criteria are systematically analysed in a matrix. The study reveals that the high heterogeneity of the case studies makes it difficult to compare these in a straightforward way, but it allows to provide an overview of current methodological challenges and research gaps. Furthermore, the most complete studies provide valuable insights in the environmental benefits of the identified energy performance strategies over the building life cycle, but also shows the risk of burden shifting if only operational energy use is focused on, or when a limited number of environmental impact categories are assessed.

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