Understanding the complexities of building physics and human behaviour in achieving a nearly zero energy building

P. Moran; M. Hajdukiewicz; J. Goggins

doi:10.13025/s8g919

Understanding the complexities of building physics and human behaviour in achieving a nearly zero energy building

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Abstract

About 40% of the world’s energy consumption and approximately a third of greenhouse gas emissions are associated with buildings. As the percentage of new buildings relative to existing buildings is increasing at a rate of only 1% per year, retrofitting is recognised as the most immediate, pressing and cost effective mechanism to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions in the building and construction sector. Preliminary pre-retrofit results of eight case study buildings examining the energy consumption, thermal comfort and human behaviour in typical Irish residential houses built over the last two decades are presented with the impact of human behaviour on energy consumption highlighted. The paper discusses how architects and engineers are going to have to not only understand the complexities of a buildings physics but also the behaviour and attitudes towards energy consumption of the people living inside them in order to develop a holistic retrofit design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Structures and Architecture - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2016)
Editors	Paulo J.S. Cruz
Publisher	CRC Press/Balkema
Pages	640-648
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9781138026513
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13025/s8g919 https://doi.org/10.1201/b20891-88
Publication status	Published - 27 Jul 2016
Event	3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture, ICSA 2016 - Guimaraes, Portugal Duration: 27 Jul 2016 → 29 Jul 2016

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Name	Structures and Architecture - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture, ICSA 2016

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Conference	3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture, ICSA 2016
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Guimaraes
Period	27/07/16 → 29/07/16

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13 Climate Action

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Moran, P., Hajdukiewicz, M., & Goggins, J. (2016). Understanding the complexities of building physics and human behaviour in achieving a nearly zero energy building. In P. J. S. Cruz (Ed.), Structures and Architecture - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2016) (pp. 640-648). (Structures and Architecture - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture, ICSA 2016). CRC Press/Balkema. https://doi.org/10.13025/s8g919, https://doi.org/10.1201/b20891-88

Moran, P. ; Hajdukiewicz, M. ; Goggins, J. / Understanding the complexities of building physics and human behaviour in achieving a nearly zero energy building. Structures and Architecture - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2016). editor / Paulo J.S. Cruz. CRC Press/Balkema, 2016. pp. 640-648 (Structures and Architecture - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture, ICSA 2016).

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Moran, P , Hajdukiewicz, M & Goggins, J 2016, Understanding the complexities of building physics and human behaviour in achieving a nearly zero energy building. in PJS Cruz (ed.), Structures and Architecture - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2016). Structures and Architecture - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture, ICSA 2016, CRC Press/Balkema, pp. 640-648, 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture, ICSA 2016, Guimaraes, Portugal, 27/07/16. https://doi.org/10.13025/s8g919, https://doi.org/10.1201/b20891-88

Understanding the complexities of building physics and human behaviour in achieving a nearly zero energy building. / Moran, P.; Hajdukiewicz, M.; Goggins, J.
Structures and Architecture - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2016). ed. / Paulo J.S. Cruz. CRC Press/Balkema, 2016. p. 640-648 (Structures and Architecture - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture, ICSA 2016).

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Moran P , Hajdukiewicz M , Goggins J. Understanding the complexities of building physics and human behaviour in achieving a nearly zero energy building. In Cruz PJS, editor, Structures and Architecture - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2016). CRC Press/Balkema. 2016. p. 640-648. (Structures and Architecture - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture, ICSA 2016). doi: 10.13025/s8g919, 10.1201/b20891-88

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