Retrofitting Buildings: Embodied & Operational Energy Use in English Housing Stock

Proceedings

Mourshed, Monjur¹  Hossain, Adnan² 

[1] Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.;School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK

关键词: embodied energy;    operational energy;    insulation;    English housing stock;   

DOI  :  10.3390/proceedings2151135

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

This study is aimed at assessing the impact of the insulation refurbishment of the English housing stock on the embodied energy needed for the various refurbishment scenarios and their corresponding operational energy use reductions. An embodied energy model comprising 22 million homes has been constructed, enabling the assessment and comparison of operational and embodied energy use due to the insulation refurbishment of various applicable building elements. Results indicate that mineral wool, sheep wool and expanded polystyrene (EPS) are the optimum insulation materials for cavity walls, cold pitch roofs and warm pitched roofs, respectively.

【 授权许可】

CC BY