Energy use assessment of educational buildings: Toward a campus-wide sustainable energy policy


Autoria(s): Agdas, Duzgun; Srinivasan, Ravi S.; Frost, Kevin; Masters, Forrest J.
Data(s)

01/09/2015

Resumo

The purpose of this article is to assess the viability of blanket sustainability policies, such as Building Rating Systems in achieving energy efficiency in university campus buildings. We analyzed the energy consumption trends of 10 LEED-certified buildings and 14 non-LEED certified buildings at a major university in the US. Energy Use Intensity (EUI) of the LEED buildings was significantly higher (EUILEED= 331.20 kBtu/sf/yr) than non-LEED buildings (EUInon-LEED=222.70 kBtu/sf/yr); however, the median EUI values were comparable (EUILEED= 172.64 and EUInon-LEED= 178.16). Because the distributions of EUI values were non-symmetrical in this dataset, both measures can be used for energy comparisons—this was also evident when EUI computations exclude outliers, EUILEED=171.82 and EUInon-LEED=195.41. Additional analyses were conducted to further explore the impact of LEED certification on university campus buildings energy performance. No statistically significant differences were observed between certified and non-certified buildings through a range of robust comparison criteria. These findings were then leveraged to devise strategies to achieve sustainable energy policies for university campus buildings and to identify potential issues with portfolio level building energy performance comparisons.

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application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/82213/

Publicador

Elsevier Ltd.

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/82213/2/BRS%20Energy%20Efficiency%20Article_Accepted%20Version.pdf

DOI:10.1016/j.scs.2015.03.001

Agdas, Duzgun, Srinivasan, Ravi S., Frost, Kevin, & Masters, Forrest J. (2015) Energy use assessment of educational buildings: Toward a campus-wide sustainable energy policy. Sustainable Cities and Society, 17, pp. 15-21.

Direitos

Copyright 2015 Elsevier Ltd.

NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Sustainable Cities and Society. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 17, September 2015, DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2015.03.001

Fonte

School of Civil Engineering & Built Environment; Science & Engineering Faculty

Palavras-Chave #Building Energy Use #Building Rating Systems #Sustainable Energy Policy
Tipo

Journal Article