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An Investment Allocation Approach for Building Energy Retrofits
Buildings contribute 39% of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions. One way to decrease greenhouse gases is to consider building energy retrofit. In this case, owners need to invest in energy retrofit solutions which can be costly. The objective of this research is to introduce a decision methodology to allocate retrofitting investments considering a group of buildings to minimize the total life-cycle costs. The proposed approach employs energy features and other characteristics of different buildings located in the area of study and identifies the most cost-efficient retrofitting strategy. The results map the best way to allocate investments to retrofit a group of buildings. The results can be used by air emission reduction and energy retrofit programs for effective use of limited funds and incentives for building retrofits by for instance identifying the communities with the most number of potential buildings to retrofit.
An Investment Allocation Approach for Building Energy Retrofits
Buildings contribute 39% of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions. One way to decrease greenhouse gases is to consider building energy retrofit. In this case, owners need to invest in energy retrofit solutions which can be costly. The objective of this research is to introduce a decision methodology to allocate retrofitting investments considering a group of buildings to minimize the total life-cycle costs. The proposed approach employs energy features and other characteristics of different buildings located in the area of study and identifies the most cost-efficient retrofitting strategy. The results map the best way to allocate investments to retrofit a group of buildings. The results can be used by air emission reduction and energy retrofit programs for effective use of limited funds and incentives for building retrofits by for instance identifying the communities with the most number of potential buildings to retrofit.
An Investment Allocation Approach for Building Energy Retrofits
Jafari, Amirhosein (author) / Valentin, Vanessa (author)
Construction Research Congress 2016 ; 2016 ; San Juan, Puerto Rico
Construction Research Congress 2016 ; 1061-1070
2016-05-24
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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