Strategies for Making New Zealand’s Existing Buildings Energy Efficient in the Warmer Climate
- Department of Built Environment Engineering, School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Published in The First NZAAR International Event Series on Natural and Built Environment, Cities, Sustainability and Advanced Engineering, Putrajaya, Malaysia, 26 June 2016, pages 16 to 18. New Zealand Academy of Applied Research. ISSN 2463-5979 (online), 2463-5960 (print).
Abstract
As construction industry and buildings are consuming large amounts of energy and resource, green building has become a focus in the built environment. However, the performances of buildings’ energy efficiency can be influenced by the changing climate because global warming is a universal phenomenon. This paper aims to propose the effective strategies for improving NZ’s existing buildings’ energy efficiency through envelope retrofit. The method of this research is using eQUEST, a simulation tool, to examine different building energy retrofit packages and evaluate their effectiveness under the predicted weather changing pattern, such as warmer winter and hotter summer.
Keywords: Green Building; Energy Efficiency; Retrofit Simulation; Climate Change; Envelope
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