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Αn integrated life cycle assessment and life cycle costing approach towards sustainable building renovation via a dynamic online tool

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  • Apostolopoulos, Vasilis
  • Mamounakis, Ioannis
  • Seitaridis, Andreas
  • Tagkoulis, Nikolas
  • Kourkoumpas, Dimitrios-Sotirios
  • Iliadis, Petros
  • Angelakoglou, Komninos
  • Nikolopoulos, Nikolaos

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Building stock retrofitting is essential to achieve the ambitious sustainability goals of the building sector due to its high energy consumption rates. The evaluation of the various building interventions shall be holistically assessed in terms of environmental and costing impact. The aim of this paper is twofold: First, it presents the innovative characteristics of a developed online tool (Virtual intEgrated platfoRm on LIfe cycle AnalYsis - VERIFY) able to perform dynamic life cycle analysis and global warming impact assessments by capitalizing on the well-known LCA and LCC methodologies, applicable in the case of building renovation. VERIFY is able to analyse dynamic life cycle inventories that consider the temporal profiles of energy consumption, and the time-dependent temperature changes, while being also interoperable in terms of exchanging data with other available energy simulation engines, or even using real-time monitoring data from sensors, processing any data time granulation. Second, the paper evaluates, from a life cycle perspective, the impact of specific energy retrofitting measures, meeting the Passive House Standard, for the case of a multi-family residential building in Athens, Greece. The proposed energy-retrofitting scenario examines actions related to the deep retrofitting of the building envelope and the upgrade of the thermal components as well as to the incorporation of clean electricity generation based on renewable energy systems; all aiming to drastically reduce the environmental impact of the building, rendering it almost near zero energy. Through the planned infrastructure installations, the primary energy needs and CO2eq emissions were reduced by 91 % and by 95 % respectively, while for a building operational lifespan of 25 years, savings up to 515 k€ compared to the baseline scenario, can be achieved.

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  • Apostolopoulos, Vasilis & Mamounakis, Ioannis & Seitaridis, Andreas & Tagkoulis, Nikolas & Kourkoumpas, Dimitrios-Sotirios & Iliadis, Petros & Angelakoglou, Komninos & Nikolopoulos, Nikolaos, 2023. "Αn integrated life cycle assessment and life cycle costing approach towards sustainable building renovation via a dynamic online tool," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 334(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:334:y:2023:i:c:s0306261923000740
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120710
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