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Incorporation of electricity GHG emissions intensity variability into building environmental assessment

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  • Cubi, Eduard
  • Doluweera, Ganesh
  • Bergerson, Joule

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Current building energy and GHG emissions assessments do not account for the variable performance of the electric grid. Incorporating hourly grid variability into building assessment methods can help to better prioritize energy efficiency measures that result in the largest environmental benefits. This article proposes a method to incorporate GHG emissions intensity changes due to grid variability into building environmental assessment. The proposed method encourages building systems that reduce electricity use during peak periods while accounting for differences in grid GHG emissions intensity (i.e., peak shaving is more strongly encouraged in grids that have GHG intense peak generation).

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  • Cubi, Eduard & Doluweera, Ganesh & Bergerson, Joule, 2015. "Incorporation of electricity GHG emissions intensity variability into building environmental assessment," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 159(C), pages 62-69.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:159:y:2015:i:c:p:62-69
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.08.091
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