Indoor Climate and Energy Efficiency in Typical Residential Buildings

In addition to formalized leadership roles within organizations, leadership can also influence members through informal channels. This work argues that multifamily residential buildings can be viewed as organizations and, as such, explores the influence that informal leaders can wield in shaping culture around the motivation for conserving energy. This work draws on qualitative fieldwork conducted in a Brooklyn cooperative building. Findings indicate that the study building benefitted from the leadership of a long-standing board member, which contributed to the implementation of a number of energy efficiency initiatives. Interestingly, this leadership also led to a culture of cost efficiency over environmental concern as the motivating force behind these initiatives. This narrative was well disseminated, with most residents reporting that the building does not have a culture of conservation, despite a strong energy efficiency leaning. Thus, this work posits that leadership can greatly shape perception and culture around energy but can also be leveraged to craft a more environmentally-motivated conservation culture. It also argues that leadership can be complementary to decentralized organizational structures, and that creative mechanisms in residential buildings can capitalize on both, allowing members at all levels of the organization more influence in shaping the building’s culture.

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Energy models for cost-optimal analysis: Development and calibration of residential reference building models for Northern Cyprus

Indoor and Built Environment ◽

10.1177/1420326x211013076 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1420326X2110130

Author(s):

Manta Marcelinus Dakyen ◽

Mustafa Dagbasi ◽

Murat Özdenefe

Keyword(s):

Energy Efficiency ◽

Energy Consumption ◽

Mean Squared Error ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Mean Bias Error ◽

Bias Error ◽

Sampled Data ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Building Stock ◽

Northern Cyprus

Ambitious energy efficiency goals constitute an important roadmap towards attaining a low-carbon society. Thus, various building-related stakeholders have introduced regulations targeting the energy efficiency of buildings. However, some countries still lack such policies. This paper is an effort to help bridge this gap for Northern Cyprus, a country devoid of building energy regulations that still experiences electrical energy production and distribution challenges, principally by establishing reference residential buildings which can be the cornerstone for prospective building regulations. Statistical analysis of available building stock data was performed to determine existing residential reference buildings. Five residential reference buildings with distinct configurations that constituted over 75% floor area share of the sampled data emerged, with floor areas varying from 191 to 1006 m2. EnergyPlus models were developed and calibrated for five residential reference buildings against yearly measured electricity consumption. Values of Mean Bias Error (MBE) and Cumulative Variation of Root Mean Squared Error CV(RMSE) between the models’ energy consumption and real energy consumption on monthly based analysis varied within the following ranges: (MBE)monthly from –0.12% to 2.01% and CV(RMSE)monthly from 1.35% to 2.96%. Thermal energy required to maintain the models' setpoint temperatures for cooling and heating varied from 6,134 to 11,451 kWh/year.

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Daylighting Strategies in Iranian Vernacular Residential Buildings in Hot and Dry Climate

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.747.329 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 747 ◽

pp. 329-332

Author(s):

Elham Maghsoudi Nia ◽

Titi Hajihasani ◽

Mohd Yazid Mohd Yunos ◽

Nordin Abdul Rahman

Keyword(s):

Energy Efficiency ◽

Significant Role ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Design Phase ◽

Review Of Literature ◽

Shading Devices ◽

And Control

Daylighting strategies and control of it, plays a significant role in energy efficiency and provision of visual comforts in buildings. This study conducted a review of literature and observation in a hot and dry region of Iran in order to investigate daylighting strategies and control of it by shading devices in the vernacular residential buildings. The results show thatdaylight in vernacular rooms was provided through door, window, Rozan, Moshabak, and Goljam. These components were equipped with thevertical and horizontalshading devices such as Orsi, Sarsayeh, Tabeshband and Kharakpoushto control the sunlight. The vernacular lighting strategy was in response to the energy efficiency and provided visual comfort.The vernacular concepts and schemes still can be adopted and reused by architects and developers. The study recommends appropriate daylight schemes and shading devices in design phase to achieve energy efficiency in new residential buildings.

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A method of identifying and weighting indicators of energy efficiency assessment in Chinese residential buildings

Energy Policy ◽

10.1016/j.enpol.2010.08.018 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 38 (12) ◽

pp. 7687-7697 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

Yulan Yang ◽

Baizhan Li ◽

Runming Yao

Keyword(s):

Energy Efficiency ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Efficiency Assessment

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Co-benefits of Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings

Energy ◽

10.1016/j.energy.2021.121768 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 121768

Author(s):

Amir Baniassadi ◽

Jannik Heusinger ◽

Pablo Izaga Gonzalez ◽

Stephan Weber ◽

Holly W. Samuelson

Keyword(s):

Energy Efficiency ◽

Residential Buildings

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Twelve Years of Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings in Sweden

Restoration of Buildings and Monuments ◽

10.1515/rbm-2017-0012 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 41-52 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marie Claesson ◽

Tor Broström

Keyword(s):

Energy Efficiency ◽

Energy Use ◽

Research Programme ◽

Historic Buildings ◽

Indoor Climate ◽

Climate Control ◽

Energy Agency ◽

Long Term Effect ◽

Research Challenge ◽

Technical Solutions

Abstract The Swedish National Research programme for Energy Efficiency in historic buildings was initiated in 2006 by the Swedish Energy Agency. This article gives an overview of the programme: objectives, projects and the general results of the programme. The research programme aims to develop knowledge, methods and technical solutions that contribute to energy efficiency in historically valuable buildings without destroying or damaging the historical value of the buildings, including decoration, furnishings, interiors or equipment. The programme is not limited to listed and monumental buildings but covers a wider range of historic buildings that account for a large part of the energy use in the building sector. For one and two-family houses, around 25 % of the energy use is associated with buildings built before 1945. The same number for multifamily houses is around 15 %. The programme is currently in its third consecutive four-year-stage. Previous four-year-stages were completed in 2010 and 2014. Over time, the scope of the programme and the projects have developed from mainly dealing with indoor climate control in monumental buildings towards addressing more general issues in the much larger stock of non-listed buildings. Technical research, based on quantitative analysis, dominate throughout all three stages, however most projects have had interdisciplinary components. The results from the programme have been presented in 31 journal papers, 67 conference papers, five books and five PhD theses. The projects have also contributed to CEN standards and resulted in a number of Bachelors and Master’s theses. An equally important long-term effect of the programme is that the number of Swedish researchers in the field have increased from practically none in 2007 to 18 senior researchers and twelve PhD students from ten universities in 2014. The research programme on Energy Efficiency in historic buildings is unique in an international context. Hopefully it can serve as an example for other countries on how to address an important interdisciplinary research challenge.

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