IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jeners/v15y2022i17p6332-d902014.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Hotel Adapted to the Requirements of an nZEB Building—Thermal Energy Performance and Assessment of Energy Retrofit Plan

Author

Listed:
  • Marek Borowski

    (Faculty of Civil Engineering and Resource Management, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland)

Abstract

Recently, emissions and the energy use of the building and construction sector globally increased. Therefore, energy retrofit processes and reducing the energy consumption of buildings are increasingly often discussed by the academic community, industry, and end-users. The application of high-performance technologies and highly insulating materials results in a low energy demand in newly constructed buildings. A crucial challenge is to reduce energy consumption in existing buildings. The article presents an energy analysis of the reconstruction of a historic building adapted to hotel functionality. Based on the available information on the design of the facility, and the annual demand for cooling and heating energy, simulations of the energy performance were carried out. The proposals to exchange the heat source and replace the existing systems were simulated and assessed. Three different retrofit options were analyzed, including the replacement of the air handling unit (variant 1—v1), bathroom fixtures (v2), and, in the last scenario analyzed (v3), the above-mentioned activities and the usage of tri-generation units. As the results show, such solutions allow for the reduction in final energy consumption of 20%, to 73% regarding the baseline variant.

Suggested Citation

  • Marek Borowski, 2022. "Hotel Adapted to the Requirements of an nZEB Building—Thermal Energy Performance and Assessment of Energy Retrofit Plan," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(17), pages 1-17, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:17:p:6332-:d:902014
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/17/6332/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/17/6332/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Cesare Biserni & Paolo Valdiserri & Dario D’Orazio & Massimo Garai, 2018. "Energy Retrofitting Strategies and Economic Assessments: The Case Study of a Residential Complex Using Utility Bills," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-15, August.
    2. Przemysław Markiewicz-Zahorski & Joanna Rucińska & Małgorzata Fedorczak-Cisak & Michał Zielina, 2021. "Building Energy Performance Analysis after Changing Its Form of Use from an Office to a Residential Building," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(3), pages 1-24, January.
    3. Marek Borowski & Piotr Mazur & Sławosz Kleszcz & Klaudia Zwolińska, 2020. "Energy Monitoring in a Heating and Cooling System in a Building Based on the Example of the Turówka Hotel," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-20, April.
    4. Cho, Hyun Mi & Yun, Beom Yeol & Yang, Sungwoong & Wi, Seunghwan & Chang, Seong Jin & Kim, Sumin, 2020. "Optimal energy retrofit plan for conservation and sustainable use of historic campus building: Case of cultural property building," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 275(C).
    5. Akhtar Hussain & Van-Hai Bui & Hak-Man Kim & Yong-Hoon Im & Jae-Yong Lee, 2017. "Optimal Energy Management of Combined Cooling, Heat and Power in Different Demand Type Buildings Considering Seasonal Demand Variations," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-21, June.
    6. Li, Miao & Mu, Hailin & Li, Nan & Ma, Baoyu, 2016. "Optimal design and operation strategy for integrated evaluation of CCHP (combined cooling heating and power) system," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 202-220.
    7. Piotr Michalak & Krzysztof Szczotka & Jakub Szymiczek, 2021. "Energy Effectiveness or Economic Profitability? A Case Study of Thermal Modernization of a School Building," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-21, April.
    8. Marek Borowski & Klaudia Zwolińska, 2020. "Prediction of Cooling Energy Consumption in Hotel Building Using Machine Learning Techniques," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-19, November.
    9. Khuram Pervez Amber & Antony R. Day & Naeem Iqbal Ratyal & Rizwan Ahmad & Muhammad Amar, 2018. "The Significance of a Building’s Energy Consumption Profiles for the Optimum Sizing of a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) System—A Case Study for a Student Residence Hall," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-16, June.
    10. Abdulazeez Rotimi & Ali Bahadori-Jahromi & Anastasia Mylona & Paulina Godfrey & Darren Cook, 2018. "Optimum Size Selection of CHP Retrofitting in Existing UK Hotel Building," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-17, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Arturs Staveckis & Jurgis Zemitis, 2023. "Impact of the Limited Heat Source Capacity on Indoor Temperature and Energy Consumption in Serial nZEB Residential Buildings across the Baltic Region," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(16), pages 1-16, August.
    2. Piotr Michalak, 2023. "Simulation and Experimental Study on the Use of Ventilation Air for Space Heating of a Room in a Low-Energy Building," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(8), pages 1-17, April.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Guozheng Li & Rui Wang & Tao Zhang & Mengjun Ming, 2018. "Multi-Objective Optimal Design of Renewable Energy Integrated CCHP System Using PICEA-g," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-26, March.
    2. Piotr Michalak, 2023. "Simulation and Experimental Study on the Use of Ventilation Air for Space Heating of a Room in a Low-Energy Building," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(8), pages 1-17, April.
    3. Piotr Michalak, 2021. "Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Internal Convective and Radiative Heat Transfer Coefficients for a Vertical Wall in a Residential Building," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-22, September.
    4. Xinxin Liu & Nan Li & Feng Liu & Hailin Mu & Longxi Li & Xiaoyu Liu, 2021. "Optimal Design on Fossil-to-Renewable Energy Transition of Regional Integrated Energy Systems under CO 2 Emission Abatement Control: A Case Study in Dalian, China," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-25, May.
    5. Anna Życzyńska & Dariusz Majerek & Zbigniew Suchorab & Agnieszka Żelazna & Václav Kočí & Robert Černý, 2021. "Improving the Energy Performance of Public Buildings Equipped with Individual Gas Boilers Due to Thermal Retrofitting," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-19, March.
    6. Anna Barwińska Małajowicz & Miroslava Knapková & Krzysztof Szczotka & Miriam Martinkovičová & Radosław Pyrek, 2022. "Energy Efficiency Policies in Poland and Slovakia in the Context of Individual Well-Being," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-29, December.
    7. Wang, Lixiao & Jing, Z.X. & Zheng, J.H. & Wu, Q.H. & Wei, Feng, 2018. "Decentralized optimization of coordinated electrical and thermal generations in hierarchical integrated energy systems considering competitive individuals," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 158(C), pages 607-622.
    8. Li, Ruonan & Mahalec, Vladimir, 2022. "Integrated design and operation of energy systems for residential buildings, commercial buildings, and light industries," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 305(C).
    9. Soheil Kavian & Mohsen Saffari Pour & Ali Hakkaki-Fard, 2019. "Optimized Design of the District Heating System by Considering the Techno-Economic Aspects and Future Weather Projection," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-30, May.
    10. Nazar, Mehrdad Setayesh & Jafarpour, Pourya & Shafie-khah, Miadreza & Catalão, João P.S., 2024. "Optimal planning of self-healing multi-carriers energy systems considering integration of smart buildings and parking lots energy resources," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 286(C).
    11. Belén Onecha & Alicia Dotor, 2021. "Simulation Method to Assess Thermal Comfort in Historical Buildings with High-Volume Interior Spaces—The Case of the Gothic Basilica of Sta. Maria del Mar in Barcelona," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-20, March.
    12. Afzali, Sayyed Faridoddin & Mahalec, Vladimir, 2017. "Optimal design, operation and analytical criteria for determining optimal operating modes of a CCHP with fired HRSG, boiler, electric chiller and absorption chiller," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 1052-1065.
    13. Abdullahi Ahmed & Monica Mateo-Garcia & Andrew Arewa & Kassim Caratella, 2021. "Integrated Performance Optimization of Higher Education Buildings Using Low-Energy Renovation Process and User Engagement," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-21, March.
    14. Li, Nan & Zhao, Xunwen & Shi, Xunpeng & Pei, Zhenwei & Mu, Hailin & Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad, 2021. "Integrated energy systems with CCHP and hydrogen supply: A new outlet for curtailed wind power," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 303(C).
    15. Li, Yanbin & Zhang, Feng & Li, Yun & Wang, Yuwei, 2021. "An improved two-stage robust optimization model for CCHP-P2G microgrid system considering multi-energy operation under wind power outputs uncertainties," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 223(C).
    16. Karim Mohamed Ragab & Mehmet Fatih Orhan & Kenan Saka & Yousef Zurigat, 2022. "A Study and Assessment of the Status of Energy Efficiency and Conservation at School Buildings," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-31, August.
    17. Zheng, Xuyue & Wu, Guoce & Qiu, Yuwei & Zhan, Xiangyan & Shah, Nilay & Li, Ning & Zhao, Yingru, 2018. "A MINLP multi-objective optimization model for operational planning of a case study CCHP system in urban China," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 210(C), pages 1126-1140.
    18. Georgios Tsoumanis & João Formiga & Nuno Bilo & Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos & Dimosthenis Ioannidis & Dimitrios Tzovaras, 2021. "The Smart Evolution of Historical Cities: Integrated Innovative Solutions Supporting the Energy Transition while Respecting Cultural Heritage," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-29, August.
    19. Marek Borowski & Klaudia Zwolińska, 2020. "Prediction of Cooling Energy Consumption in Hotel Building Using Machine Learning Techniques," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-19, November.
    20. Anna Życzyńska & Zbigniew Suchorab & Jan Kočí & Robert Černý, 2020. "Energy Effects of Retrofitting the Educational Facilities Located in South-Eastern Poland," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-16, May.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:17:p:6332-:d:902014. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.