Energy savings in the Danish building stock until 2050

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Abstract

A study has been conducted analysing the energy savings for space heating and domestic hot water in the Danish building stock due to renovation of building components at the end of their service life. The purpose of the study was to estimate the energy savings until 2050 as building components are energy upgraded according to the requirements stipulated in the Danish Building Regulations 2010. Furthermore, scenario analyses was made for the potential impact on the energy consumption of introducing different levels of tightening of the energy requirements for existing buildings in the Danish Building Regulations.

Compliance with the requirements in the Danish Building Regulations will potentially result in energy savings for space heating and domestic hot water around 30 % until 2050. Further tightening of the component insulation level requirements will only result in marginally higher savings, due to the level of the current requirements. Higher energy savings can, though, be achieved
e.g. by setting requirements for balanced mechanical ventilation with heat recovery and use of solar heating for domestic hot water.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNSB 2014: 10th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics 15-19 June 2014 Lund, Sweden : Abstract book
EditorsJesper Arfvidsson, Lars-Erik Harderup, Anders Kumlin, Bitte Rosencrantz
Number of pages1
Place of PublicationLund, Sweden
PublisherLunds Tekniska Högskola, LTH. Institutionen för Byggnadsteknik
Publication date2014
Pages177
Article number159
ChapterRetrofitting of Buildings
ISBN (Print)978-91-88722-51-5
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event10th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics - Lund , Sweden
Duration: 15 Jun 201419 Jun 2014
Conference number: 10

Conference

Conference10th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics
Number10
Country/TerritorySweden
CityLund
Period15/06/201419/06/2014

Keywords

  • Energy saving
  • Renovation
  • Energy legislation

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