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Method for planning extensive energy renovation of detached single-family houses
It has long been a political aim to reduce the emissions caused by energy consumption, and in Denmark politicians aim to make Denmark a society independent of fossil fuels by 2050. To achieve this, it is necessary to increase sustainable energy production and reduce energy consumption. This will take time, so both areas must be considered already now, but it will be beneficial to work on reducing the consumption before the sustainable energy supply is fully developed, so that we can avoid expensive over-production. Some 30% of the total energy consumption in Denmark takes place in households, and 22% occurs in single-family houses, making this the largest single contributor to the total consumption after road transport (DEA, 2015a). There is a large potential for achieving energy savings in this sector, especially among the large number of single-family houses built in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of these were built before the introduction of actual regulations for energy consumption in buildings, and many will soon need considerable renovation due to their age. However, despite the potential for achieving savings and updating these houses built about 40-60 years ago, the renovation of the building stock is proceeding very slowly. This is partly due to problems with the process, in which the initiative rests very much with the house owners, and partly due to barriers to renovation that are currently unaddressed by policy makers. One of the problems addressed in this thesis is the process. In the hope that this could be improved, the use of a One-Stop-Shop (OSS) was investigated and tested. With an OSS, one contact person guides the house owners through all five phases of renovation: initial planning, thorough analysis, deciding on specific solutions, implementation, and verification through measurements. Although the case study suffered from a very high dropout rate, one renovation was successfully completed, and a second followed the project until the start of the fourth phase. While the study did not find ...
Method for planning extensive energy renovation of detached single-family houses
It has long been a political aim to reduce the emissions caused by energy consumption, and in Denmark politicians aim to make Denmark a society independent of fossil fuels by 2050. To achieve this, it is necessary to increase sustainable energy production and reduce energy consumption. This will take time, so both areas must be considered already now, but it will be beneficial to work on reducing the consumption before the sustainable energy supply is fully developed, so that we can avoid expensive over-production. Some 30% of the total energy consumption in Denmark takes place in households, and 22% occurs in single-family houses, making this the largest single contributor to the total consumption after road transport (DEA, 2015a). There is a large potential for achieving energy savings in this sector, especially among the large number of single-family houses built in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of these were built before the introduction of actual regulations for energy consumption in buildings, and many will soon need considerable renovation due to their age. However, despite the potential for achieving savings and updating these houses built about 40-60 years ago, the renovation of the building stock is proceeding very slowly. This is partly due to problems with the process, in which the initiative rests very much with the house owners, and partly due to barriers to renovation that are currently unaddressed by policy makers. One of the problems addressed in this thesis is the process. In the hope that this could be improved, the use of a One-Stop-Shop (OSS) was investigated and tested. With an OSS, one contact person guides the house owners through all five phases of renovation: initial planning, thorough analysis, deciding on specific solutions, implementation, and verification through measurements. Although the case study suffered from a very high dropout rate, one renovation was successfully completed, and a second followed the project until the start of the fourth phase. While the study did not find ...
Method for planning extensive energy renovation of detached single-family houses
Grøn Bjørneboe, Matilde (author)
2017-01-01
Grøn Bjørneboe , M 2017 , Method for planning extensive energy renovation of detached single-family houses . B Y G D T U. Rapport , no. R-372 , Technical University of Denmark, Department of Civil Engineering .
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