How Will Climate Alter Efficiency Objectives? Simulated Impact of Using Recent Versus Historic European Weather Data for the Cost-Optimal Design of Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs)

Primary Author(s)

Florida Solar Energy Center
Delia D'Agostino, Florida Solar Energy Center

Secondary Author(s)

Parker, Danny

Report Number

FSEC-PF-477-19

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

URL

http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/FSEC-PF-477-19.pdf

Keywords

Buildings; Energy Analysis; Simulation; Energy Efficiency; Zero Energy Homes; Nearly Zero Energy Buildings; Climate Change; Energy Optimization; Thermal Efficiency; European Weather Data

Abstract

Achieving "nearly zero energy buildings" (NZEB) has been established as a vital objective over the next decade within the European Union (EU) [1, 2]. Previous work has shown that a series of very cost-effective thermal efficiency measures, equipment, appliance and renewable energy choices are available across climates to reach the NZEB objective. Resulting detailed energy and economic optimization findings have been obtained and published. One area that has just begun to be explored, however, is how selection of weather files and their application against coming climate change can influence outcomes from energy optimization procedures.

Presented at: CLIMA 2019, REHVA 13th HVAC World Congress, May 26-29, 2019; Bucharest, Romania, https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2019/37/e3sconf_clima2019_04051.pdf.

Date Published

8-23-2019

Identifiers

29

Notes

Originally published in E3S Web of Conferences, 111, 04051 (2019)

CLIMA 2019

https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201911104051

Subjects

Energy conservation; Buildings--Energy conservation; Climatic changes; Energy consumption--Economic aspects; Weather forecasting

Local Subjects

Buildings - Energy Analysis; Buildings - Energy Efficiency; Simulation; Buildings - Zero Energy Homes

Type

Text; Document

Collection

FSEC Energy Research Center® Collection

STARS Citation

Florida Solar Energy Center and D'Agostino, Delia, "How Will Climate Alter Efficiency Objectives? Simulated Impact of Using Recent Versus Historic European Weather Data for the Cost-Optimal Design of Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs)" (2019). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 29.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/29