Journal
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
Volume 153, Issue -, Pages 209-218Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.08.020
Keywords
Building retrofitting; Energy efficiency; Annual energy demand; Spanish regulations; Passivhaus standard; Single-family house
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This paper presents a study of the thermal performance of a single-family house located in a coastal city in northern Spain that was built according to Spanish standards during the 1990s. The study estimates an annual energy demand of around 95 kWh/m(2) and a thermal power rating of the heating system of around 16 kW. The potential energy savings that would be obtained by implementing different retrofitting measures frequently used nowadays are also quantified: installing a ventilation system with heat recovery, improving the insulation of opaque construction elements, replacing the existing windows with high thermal performance windows, and reducing air infiltration rates. These integrated actions on the house would reduce the annual energy demand below the requirements of both the Technical Building Code (24.24 kWh/m(2) year for this case of study), which is the regulation currently in force in Spain, and the well-known Passivhaus standard (15 kWh/m(2) year), which is one of the most widespread building standards in Europe. Compliance with these requirements means that the annual energy demand and the size of the heating system would respectively be potentially reduced by 81% and 57% of the present values. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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