Open AccessLCA evaluation and Energy performance of a housing building in different technological scenarios
Author(s) -
Luigi Costardi,
Lavinia Chiara Tagliabue,
Mohamed Hamdy,
Giovanni Dotelli
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012166
Subject(s) - life cycle assessment , energy consumption , zero energy building , energy (signal processing) , efficient energy use , consumption (sociology) , architectural engineering , environmental economics , energy performance , embodied energy , investment (military) , energy supply , computer science , reliability engineering , engineering , production (economics) , economics , social science , statistics , physics , electrical engineering , mathematics , sociology , politics , political science , law , macroeconomics , thermodynamics
Reaching nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) standards through retrofit can be achieved by adopting controlled procedures and assessment tools. The main issue of operational energy consumption before and after refurbishment should be calculated with reliable predictive models to support investment payback time evaluations. For that purpose, dynamic simulation can reduce the performance gap between simulated and actual performance, however, multiple issues are involved. In the EU Directives, the nZEB framework addresses the operational consumption, which traditionally was the main portion in the building life cycle. However, where nZEB is concerned, the running energy is strongly reduced and embedded energy and disposal assume a higher contribution to the energy life cycle cost. It is worthy to note that LC-ZEBs (Life Cycle Zero Energy Buildings) have been conceptualized more than 10 years ago and the LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) approach is now integrated into the most advanced CVEs (Calculation Virtual Environments) to enable a broader evaluation of building energy during the lifespan. The paper presents LCA scenarios for a housing case study located in Italy and Norway where energy saving is regulated and suitable solutions are strongly connected to materials and energy supply contexts.