TY - JOUR
T1 - The economic and environmental combination between building materials and fuel source to improve building energy performance
AU - Muddu, Rakshit Doddegowdankoppal
AU - Vincelas, Fohagui Fodoup Cyrille
AU - Ghislain, Tchuen
AU - Byrne, Aimee
AU - Robert, Tchitnga
AU - Robinson, Anthony James
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This study aims to investigate the economic and environmental combination between building materials and fuel source to improve building energy performance by considering the entransy loss. The annual entransy losses through the residential building walls were determined using the degree-day’s method. Life cycle cost and life cycle assessment were used for the determination of the optimum insulation thickness, entransy saving, environmental impacts and emissions rate of CO2 and SO2. Results Shows that optimum thicknesses vary between 0.04 and 0.08 m, entransy savings shift between 4 and 25 $/m2, environmental impacts between4 and 65 mPts/m2 and emissions of CO2 and SO2 between 1300 and 35,000 g/m2, 5 and 60 g/m2, respectively, depending on the wall, fuel and insulation combinations. Light weight concrete block (LWCB) building insulated with polyisocyanurate using natural gas was found to be the best combination.
AB - This study aims to investigate the economic and environmental combination between building materials and fuel source to improve building energy performance by considering the entransy loss. The annual entransy losses through the residential building walls were determined using the degree-day’s method. Life cycle cost and life cycle assessment were used for the determination of the optimum insulation thickness, entransy saving, environmental impacts and emissions rate of CO2 and SO2. Results Shows that optimum thicknesses vary between 0.04 and 0.08 m, entransy savings shift between 4 and 25 $/m2, environmental impacts between4 and 65 mPts/m2 and emissions of CO2 and SO2 between 1300 and 35,000 g/m2, 5 and 60 g/m2, respectively, depending on the wall, fuel and insulation combinations. Light weight concrete block (LWCB) building insulated with polyisocyanurate using natural gas was found to be the best combination.
KW - Insulation thickness
KW - degree-days method
KW - energy performances
KW - entransy
KW - environmental impact
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075466051&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01430750.2019.1636877
DO - 10.1080/01430750.2019.1636877
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85075466051
SN - 0143-0750
VL - 43
SP - 444
EP - 459
JO - International Journal of Ambient Energy
JF - International Journal of Ambient Energy
IS - 1
ER -