Solutions to improve the energy efficiency of non-residential buildings: Evidence from Romania
Energy efficiency in buildings can lead to lower costs and a smaller carbon footprint. There are now numerous standards, regulations and certifications in place to encourage the construction of sustainable buildings and the increase of energy efficiency in existing ones. One such certification pl...
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| author | Ioan Bitir-Istrate Laura-Alexandra Doroftei Gheorghe Militaru |
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| description | Energy efficiency in buildings can lead to lower costs and a smaller carbon
footprint. There are now numerous standards, regulations and certifications in place to
encourage the construction of sustainable buildings and the increase of energy efficiency in
existing ones. One such certification platform that provides tools for analysing the
sustainability and energy performance of a building is EDGE. Thus, the aim of this paper was
to investigate the possibility of using this platform for analysing and testing solutions to
increase energy efficiency on a storage building. The results showed that the platform allows
analysing various measures for increasing energy efficiency and displays an approximate
prediction as a result of these measures. By performing simulations in the platform, it is
possible to check and choose the best measures leading to maximizing the energy efficiency of
the building and to plan the investments. The article includes the analysis of a warehouse
chosen as a case study, in which lighting was identified as an area of inefficiency and it was
replaced with a more efficient system, as well as installing a photovoltaic power plant. These
measures led to an increase in building energy efficiency of approximately 17%. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5c90930edd0448e6b89098d6d42f3dd12025-01-07T16:37:22ZengTHOT Publishing HouseJournal of Research and Innovation for Sustainable Society2668-04162024-11-016238839810.33727/JRISS.2024.2.41:388-398Solutions to improve the energy efficiency of non-residential buildings: Evidence from RomaniaIoan Bitir-Istrate0https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8635-4051Laura-Alexandra Doroftei1https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9211-4535Gheorghe Militaru2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4650-8427National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA BucharestNational University of Science and Technology Polytechnic BucharestNational University of Science and Technology Polytechnic BucharestEnergy efficiency in buildings can lead to lower costs and a smaller carbon footprint. There are now numerous standards, regulations and certifications in place to encourage the construction of sustainable buildings and the increase of energy efficiency in existing ones. One such certification platform that provides tools for analysing the sustainability and energy performance of a building is EDGE. Thus, the aim of this paper was to investigate the possibility of using this platform for analysing and testing solutions to increase energy efficiency on a storage building. The results showed that the platform allows analysing various measures for increasing energy efficiency and displays an approximate prediction as a result of these measures. By performing simulations in the platform, it is possible to check and choose the best measures leading to maximizing the energy efficiency of the building and to plan the investments. The article includes the analysis of a warehouse chosen as a case study, in which lighting was identified as an area of inefficiency and it was replaced with a more efficient system, as well as installing a photovoltaic power plant. These measures led to an increase in building energy efficiency of approximately 17%. https://jriss.4ader.ro/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/41.-Ioan-Bitir-Istrate-Laura-Alexandra-Doroftei-Gheorghe-Militaru-Solutions-to-improve-the-energy-efficiency-of-non-residential-buildings-Evidence-from-Romania.pdfbuildingsenergy efficiencysolutionsplatformsimulations |
| spellingShingle | Ioan Bitir-Istrate Laura-Alexandra Doroftei Gheorghe Militaru Solutions to improve the energy efficiency of non-residential buildings: Evidence from Romania Journal of Research and Innovation for Sustainable Society buildings energy efficiency solutions platform simulations |
| title | Solutions to improve the energy efficiency of non-residential buildings: Evidence from Romania |
| title_full | Solutions to improve the energy efficiency of non-residential buildings: Evidence from Romania |
| title_fullStr | Solutions to improve the energy efficiency of non-residential buildings: Evidence from Romania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Solutions to improve the energy efficiency of non-residential buildings: Evidence from Romania |
| title_short | Solutions to improve the energy efficiency of non-residential buildings: Evidence from Romania |
| title_sort | solutions to improve the energy efficiency of non residential buildings evidence from romania |
| topic | buildings energy efficiency solutions platform simulations |
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