scholarly journals Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technologies in Residential Building Codes: June 15, 1998 to September 15, 1998

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Wortman ◽  
L Echo-Hawk
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Building Codes

Integration of Small Wind Energy Source for Optimization of Energy Efficiency in Residential Building

2014 ◽  
Vol 1041 ◽  
pp. 162-166
Author(s):  
Rastislav Ingeli ◽  
Eva Jankovichová ◽  
Minh Nguyen Tien ◽  
Miroslav Čekon
Keyword(s):  
Energy Source ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Residential House ◽  
Key Indicators

According to current European strategy and effort, an integration of renewable energy sources (RES) applying of new technologies should have of crucial importance, especially with contribution to the energy efficiency optimizing in buildings. Concurrently, energy performance and energy consumption of the all housing stock is one of the key indicators that represent the adequate utility value of those efforts. The paper focuses on the proposal concept integration of renewable energy for residential house in relation to assessment of the building thermal and energy performance. The proposed concept applying of wind turbines is presented for residential building in terms of standardized target periods. Finally, payback period calculation demonstrates a certain potential of applying small wind turbine as a renewable energy source in residential building of recently given target periods of current technical regulation.

Residential Building Codes Do Save Energy: Evidence from Hourly Smart-Meter Data

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-45
Author(s):  
Kevin Novan ◽  
Aaron Smith ◽  
Tianxia Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Building Codes ◽  
Energy Costs ◽  
Smart Meter ◽  
Market Failures ◽  
Home Prices ◽  
Save Energy

In 1978, California adopted building codes designed to reduce the energy used for temperature control. Using a rich dataset of hourly electricity consumption for 158, 112 houses in Sacramento, we estimate that the average house built just after 1978 uses 8% to 13% less electricity for cooling than a similar house built just before 1978. Comparing the estimated savings to the policy's projected cost, our results suggest the policy passes a cost-benefit test. In settings where market failures prevent energy costs from being completely passed through to home prices, building codes can serve as a costeffective tool for improving energy efficiency.

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