Impact assessment of energy-saving houses on environment in Thailand
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Author list: Sopapornamorn T., Sudaprasert K., Hirunlabh J.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication year: 2016
Journal: Journal of Building Physics (1744-2591)
Volume number: 40
Issue number: 2
Start page: 162
End page: 176
Number of pages: 15
ISSN: 1744-2591
eISSN: 1744-2583
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
The main purpose of this research is to assess the impact of four types of energy-saving houses on environment in terms of CO2 emission. In the tropical climate, House 1 is designed as an integration of modified Trombe wall and roof solar collector using concrete block and concrete tiles, House 2 is normally built by concrete blocks and concrete tiles, House 3 is built as usually found in Thailand by red clay bricks and concrete tiles, and House 4 is built with lightweight autoclave concrete blocks and well-insulated roof. All house model dimensions are 1.3 ื 1.3 ื 2.5 m3. The collection of inventory data is associated with the construction stage, average household electricity consumption, maintenance in the using stage, and energy usage in the demolition stage. Electricity for residential consumption is based on the temperature collected through the experimental data in each house in 1 year. Subsequently, the environmental performance is assessed by Impact 2002+ life cycle impact assessment methods. The result shows that House1 has the highest score in terms of energy and environmental performance which can reduce the amount of CO2 emission contributing to global warming even from the first year of operation. ฉ The Author(s) 2015.
Keywords
energy-saving houses, life cycle impact assessment
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