Energy flexibility and resiliency analysis of old and new single family buildings in Nordic climate

Hassam Rehman (Corresponding author), Ala Hasan

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Abstract

Climate change and energy crises are the two challenges faced by societies. To address these issues, buildings have to be both flexible and resilient. The aim of this paper is to simulate and compare the performance of two types of a single-family house, i.e. an old building (1970) and a new building (2000), integrated with and without photovoltaic (PV) for the two objectives of energy flexibility and energy resilience in the cold climate of Finland. Depending on the PV size, it is found that the old building has a flexibility factor of up to 84% and the new building has 17% and the energy cost reduced. For resilience, the PV made the old building robustness period 15 h and the new building 32 h. With the PV, the amplitude of the buildings failure is lower and the recovery speed is faster. To meet future sustainability and resilience goals, energy resilience and flexibility for different types of buildings have to be studied together, which are impacted by both the characteristics of the bulding’s thermal mass and the onsite energy generation.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of Building Simulation 2023
Subtitle of host publication18th Conference of IBPSA
PublisherInternational Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA)
Pages3089-3097
Number of pages8
Volume18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
Event18th International IBPSA Building Simulation Conference, BS2023 - Radisson Blu Forest Manor Hotel, Shanghai, China
Duration: 4 Sept 20236 Sept 2023
https://bs2023.org/

Publication series

SeriesProceedings of the International Building Performance Simulation Association
Volume2023
ISSN2522-2708

Conference

Conference18th International IBPSA Building Simulation Conference, BS2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period4/09/236/09/23
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