Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5475858 | Energy | 2017 | 41 Pages |
Abstract
In this paper, economic and environmental impacts of energy efficiency programs associated with new and existing buildings are evaluated for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). In particular, the analysis considers optimized designs for new buildings as well as different energy retrofit programs for existing buildings are considered in the bottom-up analysis using archetypical building energy models located in five sites representing a wide range of KSA climates. In particular, the analysis presented in this paper provides specific estimations to the extent of the energy and demand savings that could be achieved in the building sector even under highly subsidized energy prices. It is found that even a basic energy retrofit program using low-cost energy efficiency measures implemented to the existing building stock can provide significant economic and environmental benefits. Indeed, a level 1 energy efficiency retrofit program targeting only the existing residential building stock could reduce electricity consumption by 10,054Â GWh/year and peak demand by 2290Â MW and carbon emission by 7.611 million tons/year.
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Authors
Moncef PhD, PE, LEED, Kankana Dubey, Nicholas Howarth,