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Achieving Sustainable Buildings via Energy Efficiency Retrofit: Case Study of a Hotel Building

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Proceedings of 3rd International Sustainable Buildings Symposium (ISBS 2017) (ISBS 2017)

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Abstract

Recent studies show that demand for green buildings with minimal environmental impact is increasing. Among the buildings in anywhere, existing buildings consume more energy than new ones. Because of that, building energy efficiency retrofit plays a very important role for achieving sustainable building targets. In addition to creating possibilities to reduce energy consumption, retrofitting also improves occupants’ health and comfort. Tourism sector is one of the largest energy consuming sectors in the world. However conducted energy retrofit studies mainly focused on domestic buildings so far. The focus of this paper is to make a literature review of energy efficiency retrofits and present an approach to find the most appropriate, energy efficient and cost effective way renovate a hotel building. In this paper, a hotel building is energy efficiently retrofitted according to the TSE Green Building Certificate standards. Results from the analysis ensure that energy efficiency retrofit, helped to reduce energy consumption of the building and decreased in operational costs and CO2 emissions.

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Abbreviations

BREEAM:

Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method

CASBEE:

Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency

DGNB:

German Suitable Building Council

HVAC:

Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning

LEED:

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

TOE:

Tonne of Oil Equivalent

TSE:

Turkish Standards Institution

PW:

Net Present Worth

n:

Service life (years)

i:

Interest rate

A:

Annual expenditure

Co:

Initial investment

RP:

Repayment period

R1, R2, Rn:

Cash flow (annual cost savings)

R:

Annual energy cost savings

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Uludag University, Gorukle Campus, 16059, Bursa, Turkey

    Muhsin Kılıç & Ayşe Fidan Altun

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  1. Muhsin Kılıç
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  1. Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

    Seyhan Fırat

  2. University of South Wales, Pontypridd, United Kingdom

    John Kinuthia

  3. The British University in Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Abid Abu-Tair

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Kılıç, M., Altun, A.F. (2018). Achieving Sustainable Buildings via Energy Efficiency Retrofit: Case Study of a Hotel Building. In: Fırat, S., Kinuthia, J., Abu-Tair, A. (eds) Proceedings of 3rd International Sustainable Buildings Symposium (ISBS 2017). ISBS 2017. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64349-6_9

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