The role of an exergy-based building stock model for exploration of future decarbonisation scenarios and policy making


Por: Garcia Kerdan, Ivan, Raslan, Rokia, Ruyssevelt, Paul, Morillon Galvez, David

Publicada: 1 jun 2017
Resumen:
State-of-the-art research suggests that energy systems are best evaluated using exergy analysis, as exergy represents the real value of an energy source, demonstrating it to be the only rational basis for evaluation. After discovering the lack of thermodynamic integration into stock modelling, this paper presents the development of an exergy-based building stock model. The aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly, to investigate the impact of large-scale future energy retrofit scenarios in the English and Welsh (E&W) non-domestic sector, and secondly, to determine the potential of exergy analysis in improving sectoral efficiency and its potential implications on exergy-oriented policy making. The research explores seven different large-scale future retrofit scenarios that encompass typical, low-carbon, and low-exergy approaches. Modelling results show that by 2050, current regulations have the potential to reduce carbon emissions by up to 49.0 +/- 2.9% and increasing sector thermodynamic efficiency from 10.7% to 13.7%. On the other hand, a low-exergy oriented scenario based on renewable electricity and heat pumps is able to reduce carbon emissions by 88.2 +/- 2.4%, achieving a sectoral exergy efficiency of 19.8%. This modelling framework can provide energy policy makers with new insights on policy options based on exergy indicators and the assessment of their potential impact.

Filiaciones:
Garcia Kerdan, Ivan:
 UCL, Energy Inst, 14 Upper Woburn Pl, London WC1H 0NN, England

 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ingn, Dept Mecan & Energia, Mexico City, DF, Mexico

 Imperial Coll London, Ctr Proc Syst Engn, Roderic Hill Bldg,South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, England

Raslan, Rokia:
 UCL, Environm Design & Engn, 14 Upper Woburn Pl, London WC1H 0NN, England

Ruyssevelt, Paul:
 UCL, Energy Inst, 14 Upper Woburn Pl, London WC1H 0NN, England

Morillon Galvez, David:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ingn, Dept Mecan & Energia, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
ISSN: 03014215
Editorial
ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND, Reino Unido
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 105 Número:
Páginas: 467-483
WOS Id: 000400532900045

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