Environmental, social, and economic benefits of buildings energy retrofit projects: A case study in Iran's construction industry

Kaveh Mirzaei, Amir Safari, Saeed Jalilzadeh, Farzad Mostafazadeh, Mehdi Tavakolan, Mahsa Safari

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Abstract

Energy consumption is rising worldwide and the building sector is responsible for a large portion of it. One of the most effective ways to improve the energy efficiency of buildings is known as building energy retrofitting. However, selection of an optimum combination of energy-saving measures from a great number of possible combinations to perform building energy retrofitting process is a complicated and time-consuming task. This study aims to propose a simulation-based multi-objective optimization method that simultaneously improves environmental, economic, and social aspects of buildings. This model guides the stakeholders of the building industry through decision-making process of building energy retrofit that enables them to achieve the best tradeoff among objective function. After the optimization process, final combinations of retrofitting strategies are obtained and compared with the existing building. Final results demonstrate that performing building energy retrofit in the case study building significantly improves the predefined objective functions for this case study.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConstruction Research Congress 2020
Subtitle of host publicationInfrastructure Systems and Sustainability - Selected Papers from the Construction Research Congress 2020
EditorsMounir El Asmar, Pingbo Tang, David Grau
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers
Pages693-701
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9780784482858
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
EventConstruction Research Congress 2020: Infrastructure Systems and Sustainability - Tempe, United States of America
Duration: 8 Mar 202010 Mar 2020
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/constructionresearchcongress2020 (Proceedings)

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ConferenceConstruction Research Congress 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States of America
CityTempe
Period8/03/2010/03/20
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