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Climate Zone-Based Energy Retrofits—Residential Buildings in Canada
This research considers open low-rise residential buildings in two of Canada’s Building Climate Zones, Vancouver and Toronto. Each Climate Zone has different weather conditions and vegetation, which lead to different building code requirements. Inputting these requirements and weather conditions into the Vertical City Weather Generator (VCWG) model, one can determine what energy saving solutions should be incorporated into residential buildings for each Climate Zone, while also making the building more affordable and reducing CO2e emissions. The results of a 30-year analysis show that increasing vegetation from one to two trees, decreasing infiltration from 1.2 to 0.4 Air Changes per Hour (ACH), and incorporating a photovoltaic system that covers 69% of the residential roof may lead to cost savings of 37.3 and 36.6% for Vancouver and Toronto, respectively. CO2e emissions savings could be reduced to 257 and 204 [Tonnes] for Vancouver and Toronto, respectively, if an R-value increase was also incorporated into the most cost-efficient case. However, this would reduce total cost savings.
Climate Zone-Based Energy Retrofits—Residential Buildings in Canada
This research considers open low-rise residential buildings in two of Canada’s Building Climate Zones, Vancouver and Toronto. Each Climate Zone has different weather conditions and vegetation, which lead to different building code requirements. Inputting these requirements and weather conditions into the Vertical City Weather Generator (VCWG) model, one can determine what energy saving solutions should be incorporated into residential buildings for each Climate Zone, while also making the building more affordable and reducing CO2e emissions. The results of a 30-year analysis show that increasing vegetation from one to two trees, decreasing infiltration from 1.2 to 0.4 Air Changes per Hour (ACH), and incorporating a photovoltaic system that covers 69% of the residential roof may lead to cost savings of 37.3 and 36.6% for Vancouver and Toronto, respectively. CO2e emissions savings could be reduced to 257 and 204 [Tonnes] for Vancouver and Toronto, respectively, if an R-value increase was also incorporated into the most cost-efficient case. However, this would reduce total cost savings.
Climate Zone-Based Energy Retrofits—Residential Buildings in Canada
Environ Sci Eng
Wang, Liangzhu Leon (editor) / Ge, Hua (editor) / Zhai, Zhiqiang John (editor) / Qi, Dahai (editor) / Ouf, Mohamed (editor) / Sun, Chanjuan (editor) / Wang, Dengjia (editor) / McLeod, Rachel M. (author) / Moradi, Mohsen (author) / Aliabadi, Amir A. (author)
International Conference on Building Energy and Environment ; 2022
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment ; Chapter: 121 ; 1149-1158
2023-09-05
10 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Building envelope , Cool roof , CO<sub>2</sub> reduction , Photovoltaic panels , Renewable energy , Residential retrofits Engineering , Building Physics, HVAC , Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety , Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings , Renewable and Green Energy , Environment, general
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