Examining the Deviation in Energy Saving Estimations Due to the Use of the Degree Days Method

Energy performance contracts are commonly used to retrofit buildings and reduce their energy consumption. The financial agreement in the contracts typically depends on calculating the amount of energy saved every year. This is difficult to calculate as many aspects that impact a building’s energy co...

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dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv Mokhtar, A. (2022). Examining the Deviation in Energy Saving Estimations Due to the Use of the Degree Days Method. In: Littlewood, J.R., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2021 . Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 263. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6269-0_1
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Building Retrofitting
Energy Savings
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description Energy performance contracts are commonly used to retrofit buildings and reduce their energy consumption. The financial agreement in the contracts typically depends on calculating the amount of energy saved every year. This is difficult to calculate as many aspects that impact a building’s energy consumption continuously change, including the weather. The Degree Days method is commonly used to help estimate the energy saving while the weather is changing. The Degree Days can be calculated with a variety of base temperatures resulting in different values. This paper is a first step in examining the significance of the deviation in energy saving calculations when using this method. It also investigates if there is a more appropriate base temperature to use for that purpose. Energy simulation with actual annual weather data is used to make the investigation. Two different building types and three different energy conservation measures are used. The results of this preliminary investigation show that the deviation can be significant in some cases. They also show the possibility that a particular base temperature for calculating the degree days can give more accurate savings estimations. These can be very important results for users of energy performance contracts.
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spellingShingle Examining the Deviation in Energy Saving Estimations Due to the Use of the Degree Days Method
Mokhtar, Ahmed
Degree Days
Building Retrofitting
Energy Savings
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title Examining the Deviation in Energy Saving Estimations Due to the Use of the Degree Days Method
title_full Examining the Deviation in Energy Saving Estimations Due to the Use of the Degree Days Method
title_fullStr Examining the Deviation in Energy Saving Estimations Due to the Use of the Degree Days Method
title_full_unstemmed Examining the Deviation in Energy Saving Estimations Due to the Use of the Degree Days Method
title_short Examining the Deviation in Energy Saving Estimations Due to the Use of the Degree Days Method
title_sort Examining the Deviation in Energy Saving Estimations Due to the Use of the Degree Days Method
topic Degree Days
Building Retrofitting
Energy Savings
url http://hdl.handle.net/11073/25519