TY - GEN
T1 - THE IMPACT OF DENSITY AND SCALE ON THE LIFE CYCLE COST OF NET ZERO ENERGY COMMUNITIES
AU - Shubin, Slava
AU - Rabinowitz, Gad
AU - Isaac, Shabtai
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© European Council on Computing in Construction (EC3).
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - It is widely agreed that expanding the Net Zero Energy concept to a community scale brings multiple advantages in terms of design flexibility, cost reduction, clean energy and resource management. However, it is less clear what the scale or the density of the community should be to utilize these advantages in the best possible way. The objective of this work is to study how the Life Cycle Costs of new Net Zero Energy communities are affected by changes in their density and scale. To achieve this objective, a model was developed for identifying the optimal configuration of energy technologies for each specific scale and density. The analysis takes into consideration the local climate and the types of buildings in the community. The results of the implementation of the model show that both urban density and scale have a direct impact on the costs of NZE communities, but in ways that depend on the local climate.
AB - It is widely agreed that expanding the Net Zero Energy concept to a community scale brings multiple advantages in terms of design flexibility, cost reduction, clean energy and resource management. However, it is less clear what the scale or the density of the community should be to utilize these advantages in the best possible way. The objective of this work is to study how the Life Cycle Costs of new Net Zero Energy communities are affected by changes in their density and scale. To achieve this objective, a model was developed for identifying the optimal configuration of energy technologies for each specific scale and density. The analysis takes into consideration the local climate and the types of buildings in the community. The results of the implementation of the model show that both urban density and scale have a direct impact on the costs of NZE communities, but in ways that depend on the local climate.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85137285188&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.35490/EC3.2019.144
DO - 10.35490/EC3.2019.144
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85137285188
SN - 9781910963371
T3 - Proceedings of the European Conference on Computing in Construction
SP - 238
EP - 245
BT - Proceedings of the 2019 European Conference on Computing in Construction
A2 - O'Donnell, James
A2 - Chassiakos, Athanasios
A2 - Rovas, Dimitrios
A2 - Hall, Daniel
PB - European Council on Computing in Construction (EC3)
T2 - European Conference on Computing in Construction, EC3 2019
Y2 - 10 July 2019 through 12 July 2019
ER -
