scholarly journals On the possibilities of solar energy usage for heating single-family houses in Poland

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 00049
Author(s):  
Hanna Jędrzejuk
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Radiation Energy ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Technical Solutions

The paper presents an assessment of the possibility of using solar energy for heating a selected residential building. The influence of the thermal insulation standard of the outer casing and the air tightness of the building on technical solutions with conventional heat sources and a solar energy system was analysed. In Polish climate conditions, especially in November and December, the availability of solar energy is usually insufficient in relation to heating needs. Therefore, it is necessary to store heat when it is to be used for heating. Monthly and yearly periods of heat storage have been considered. The influence of the use of solar radiation energy on the change in the energy performance of the building and on the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions was determined. Characteristics of heating systems and devices [9] as well as generally available meteorological data [5] were used for energy calculations.

scholarly journals Outer wall with thermal barrier. Impact of the barrier on heat losses and CO2 emissions

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-233
Author(s):  
Ewa Figiel ◽  
Dorota Leciej-Pirczewska
Keyword(s):  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Outer Wall ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Temperate Climate ◽  
Thermal Barrier ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Supply Systems

New demands for lowering energy consumption of buildings lead to many new solutions including, amongst others, the introduction of an outer wall thermal barrier for both heating and cooling effect. The analysed thermo-active-wall-barrier is a water-based system, where the pipes are embedded in the wall construction. It enables the use of a low-temperature barrier medium for space heating, thereby increasing the efficiency of all potential energy supply systems using renewable energy sources. The pipes form an active thermal barrier for heat transfer between the outer and the heated space. There are many possibilities to place the pipes in the wall for example in the case of energetic thermo-modernisation. Our research and calculations have shown that thermo-active-wall-barrier is sensitive to the location of pipes. The following paper also provides a study of the impact of thermal barrier on a building’s energy performance. The analysis was conducted for a single-family house in a temperate climate based on parameters taken from one of the Polish meteorological data-bases. Calculations using current procedure of evaluating building energy performance show, that the thermal barrier can contribute to signifi cant reduction of transmission energy loss thus lowering the environmental impact.

On the Overall Energy Efficiency of a High-Performance Solar Energy Residential Building

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam J. Wong ◽  
Jorge E. Gonza´lez ◽  
Sergio Escobar ◽  
Mark Aschheim
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Hvac System ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Solar Decathlon ◽  
Pv Array

This paper describes the energy performance of a solar house over its first year of monitoring. The 2007 Solar Decathlon house currently sits on Santa Clara University’s campus at 60.4 m2. The house is powered entirely by solar PV and solar thermal off the grid. This solar energy house is heavily instrumented with more than 100 sensors to measure temperatures, humidity, power consumption of electric appliances, lighting, water, and performance of a 7.2 kW solar PV array and a sophisticated HVAC system. The instrumentation includes a full weather station. The house is divided into two interconnected modules, and constructed with high thermal insulation and sustainable materials. The instrumentation also allows quantifying energy performance of individual components as well as the overall energy performance of the house. The paper focuses on the complete energy balance of the house as a function of weather conditions, and of the performance of individual components. Of particular interest is the performance of the solar PV and solar thermal systems. The solar thermal system includes an absorption air conditioning unit, integrated with a thermal storage tank to provide all energy needs for water consumption and heating. The I-V curves of the full PV array are reported, demonstrating peak, off-peak, and seasonal performance and deviations from manufacturers’ conditions. Similarly, the overall COP of the solar-driven HVAC system is reported for both cooling and heating modes. Finally, it is shown how data can be used to demonstrate improvement of simulation tools for solar building energy performance. Although data has been collected since March 2009, this paper focuses on performance during summer 2009.

scholarly journals Energy flexibility in Mediterranean buildings: a case-study in Sicily

2020 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 02002
Author(s):  
Ilaria Marotta ◽  
Francesco Guarino ◽  
Maurizio Cellura ◽  
Sonia Longo
Keyword(s):  
Residential Building ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Flexible Control ◽  
Emission Signal ◽  
Reduce Emissions ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Family House

Since the building sector is responsible for 40% of the world’s electricity demand, it is essential to act on it in order to reduce emissions of climate change gases on a global scale, as expressed also in the latest directive on the energy performance of buildings. A design approach that focuses on the energy flexibility of buildings can contribute to the improvement of its energy-environmental performances. In this context, the objective of the study is the analysis of the energy performance of a residential building in Sicily and the definition of strategies aimed at increasing its energy flexibility. In particular, the case study is a 631 m2 single-family house, modeled and simulated in TRNSYS environment. The approach involves the development of scenarios to reduce operating costs and CO2 emissions during the use phase of the building. Rule Based Control algorithms are implemented. The flexible control reacts to a price or emission signal, by modulating the heating set-point accordingly. The results highlighted significant increases in energy flexibility. The economic algorithm achieves savings of 21.46%, accompanied by a 15% reduction in emissions. The environmental algorithm allows to reduce CO2 emissions by about 30%. The economic impact is positive, with a 17.58% reduction in costs.

scholarly journals The Methodology for Designing Residential Buildings with a Positive Energy Balance—Case Study

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (16) ◽  
pp. 5162
Author(s):  
Bartosz Radomski ◽  
Tomasz Mróz
Keyword(s):  
Energy Balance ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Positive Energy ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Balance Case ◽  
Adopted Model ◽  
Positive Energy Balance ◽  
Technical Solutions

The article presents the results of the application of an original methodology for designing residential buildings with a positive energy balance in accordance with the principles of sustainable development. The methodology was verified using a computational example involving the selection of a compromise solution for a single-family residential building with a positive energy balance located in Warsaw, Poland. Three different models of decision-makers’ preferences were created, taking into account selected decision sub-criteria. Three technical solutions were identified, permissible according to the principles and guidelines for designing buildings with a positive energy balance. As a result of the performed calculations, the final order of the analyzed variants was obtained, from the most preferred to the least accepted solution. Variant 2 is definitely the most advantageous solution, being the best in a group of 20 to 26 evaluation sub-criteria—depending on the adopted model of the decision-maker’s preferences. Its ranking index Ri ranged from 0.773 to 0.764, while for the other variants it was much lower and varied from 0.258 to 0.268 for variant 1, and from 0.208 to 0.226 for variant 3. The methodology used for the case study proved to be applicable. The developed methodology facilitates the process of designing residential buildings with a positive energy balance, which is an extremely complex process.

scholarly journals Energy modeling of a single-family house with photovoltaics for the Russian Federation

2019 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 01016
Author(s):  
Dmitry Shiryaev ◽  
Andrey Benuzh
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Energy Modeling ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Family House

Residential sector in Russia makes up a significant part in the total energy demand of the country. The article demonstrates sensible energy saving potential in case of a single-family house in different climate conditions of the Russian Federation. Modern tools of building energy performance simulation and renewable energy modeling demonstrated a significant effect of the complex energy efficiency technologies, such as using of modern highly insulated constructional materials, installation of efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, and implementation of sustainable energy. Annual energy use dramatically declines in comparing with buildings built according to outdated technologies. In particular, the use of photovoltaic modules can meet more than half of the building's energy demand and ensure the autonomy of a building during the warm season. These values differ depending on the location due to the large territory and diverse climatic conditions from the Mediterranean in the south to the Arctic ones in the north.

scholarly journals Low emission hell in Polish cities – how to get rid of it through technical solutions applied in single family houses?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominika Dawiec ◽  
Grzegorz Ginda
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Vehicle Propulsion ◽  
Pollution Problem ◽  
Low Emission ◽  
Polish Government ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
Family House

Air in Polish cities belongs to the most polluted in Europe due to numerous causes e.g. high volume of road traffic, inefficient road infrastructure, the utilisation of environment unfriendly vehicle propulsion. However, the culmination of poor air problem noticeably occurs in winter as a result of the need for supplying buildings with a great amount of heat energy to defy influence of severe climate conditions. One of the most important causes for such situation deals with the application of solid fuel-based heat sources for heating buildings. The widespread burning of cheap coal in outdated home stoves results in producing smoke rife that includes carcinogens like dioxins and benzo(a)pyrene, as well as the small sooty particles that are strongly linked to heart disease, respiratory diseases and other sickness. Economical and social reasons make the application of such energy sources popular among single family house owners. Popularity of single family houses in Polish cities thus makes air pollution problem even more serious. Therefore, the effectiveness of selected solutions which would hopefully help to limit low pollution emission are discussed in the paper. They correspond well to current Polish government air improvement initiatives towards the improvement of air quality in Polish cities.

Single-Family Residential Building Energy Retrofit

2018 ◽  
pp. 248-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał Pierzchalski
Keyword(s):  
Residential Building ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Biomass Boiler ◽  
Main Assumption ◽  
Energy Retrofit ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Technical Solutions

This chapter is a case study for the energy retrofit of an existing single-family residential building. The main assumption of the project was creating a model example for an energy retrofit with the aim of achieving the nZEB standard in existing residential building. The discussed building was built between the 1960s and the 1970s. The building was built using mixed technologies. The flooring on the ground floor was replaced; the foundation, external walls, and roof were thermally insulated. The windows and doors were replaced with higher parameter ones. Moreover, a modern biomass boiler was installed in the building along with the installation of a mechanical bidirectional ventilation unit with a heat recovery. Before the renovation, the building used about 133.4 GJ final energy for heating annually. After the renovation, the building uses about 8.89 GJ annually. The author describes all the stages of the renovation, the technical solutions, the calculations of economic and environmental benefits of the conducted renovations.

scholarly journals Benchmarks for Embodied and Operational Energy Assessment of Hellenic Single-Family Houses

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 4384
Author(s):  
Elena G. Dascalaki ◽  
Poulia A. Argiropoulou ◽  
Constantinos A. Balaras ◽  
Kalliopi G. Droutsa ◽  
Simon Kontoyiannidis
Keyword(s):  
Energy Use ◽  
Energy Intensity ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Embodied Energy ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Zero Energy ◽  
Relative Significance ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Operational Energy

Building energy performance benchmarking increases awareness and enables stakeholders to make better informed decisions for designing, operating, and renovating sustainable buildings. In the era of nearly zero energy buildings, the embodied energy along with operational energy use are essential for evaluating the environmental impacts and building performance throughout their lifecycle. Key metrics and baselines for the embodied energy intensity in representative Hellenic houses are presented in this paper. The method is set up to progressively cover all types of buildings. The lifecycle analysis was performed using the well-established SimaPro software package and the EcoInvent lifecycle inventory database, complemented with national data from short energy audits carried out in Greece. The operational energy intensity was estimated using the national calculation engine for assessing the building’s energy performance and the predictions were adapted to obtain more realistic estimates. The sensitivity analysis for different type of buildings considered 16 case studies, accounting for representative construction practices, locations (climate conditions), system efficiencies, renovation practices, and lifetime of buildings. The results were used to quantify the relative significance of operational and embodied energy, and to estimate the energy recovery time for popular energy conservation and energy efficiency measures. The derived indicators reaffirm the importance of embodied energy in construction materials and systems for new high performing buildings and for renovating existing buildings to nearly zero energy.

scholarly journals Optimal Configuration and Measurement Analysis of a Solar Heating System Serving an Ordos Residential District

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Zhou ◽  
Yuchen Xie ◽  
Chunfang Yang
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Forced Convection ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Heating System ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Solar Heating ◽  
Measurement Analysis

In order to solve the contradiction between heating supply and demand in solar energy system in a residential area of Ordos, a solar heating system has been designed, tested, and analyzed for over a month. The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate the primary energy consumption, the carbon dioxide emissions, the initial investment, and the operation costs of the floor radiant and forced convection radiator configuration on the overall performance of the system, and analyzes its potential economic benefits. A parametric analysis has been performed in order to investigate the performance of a solar heating system integrated with dynamic automatic control system upon varying the different terminal device. Results from the present study indicate that the thermal comfort of the proposed system with forced convection radiator configuration is better than the conventional system, And the above four indices reductions from energy efficiency improvements and solar energy supply exceed over 50%.

Methods for Improving Energy Performance of Single-family Buildings in Poland’s Climatic Conditions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Jędrzejuk ◽  
Maciej Jaworski ◽  
Michał Chwieduk
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Ventilation System ◽  
Internal Heat ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Forced Ventilation ◽  
Climate Conditions

The effect of standard means of thermal upgrading of buildings on energy performance indices is studied in the paper. The following was considered: improving thermal performance of the envelope (walls, roof, floors over unheated cellars or ground-floor slabs, windows, and doors); using exterior blinds during heating and cooling seasons; using heat recovery (recuperation) in a forced ventilation system; reducing the ventilation air flow rate; and improving air-tightness of a building. The calculations were performed for a number of variants. Seven locations in Poland were selected based on outdoor climate conditions. Various standards of thermal performance of the building envelope, internal heat capacities, and ventilation rates were applied. Variations in internal heat gains, depending on the presence of occupants (heat gains from occupants and from lighting) were considered. Due to a dynamic nature of the energy processes that take place in a building, the simplified hourly method 5R1C was used in calculations. It was verified whether single-family buildings constructed in a way that is typically found in Poland, i.e. buildings with very high heat capacity and equipped with a forced ventilation system, can meet more stringent energy performance requirements.

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