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Energy Systems of Green Buildings in Australia

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In this chapter, the status-in-quo of green buildings in Australia was provided by introducing the practical application of different types of energy system, including

  • Solar thermal cooling system

  • Geothermal heat pumps

  • PCM cold storage in cooling system

  • System control strategy

  • A combination of innovations

The chapter aims to contribute information on how much energy saving can be achieved in the building sector and how long the pay-back period is, for which a case study is provided for each type of energy system. These analyses are available in the results of the practical operation of energy systems after the completion of building construction, through which the incipient system design has been proven key to the energy saving of successful cases. Although building materials and construction process is not considered in the analyses, these case studies also indicate a rather high importance of material and resource use during building construction.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Engineering, Australian National University, Building 32, North Road, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia

    Xiaolin Wang

  2. Built Environment Optimisation, Level 6, 19-31 Pitt St, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia

    Liangzhuo Hou

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  1. Xiaolin Wang
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  1. Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenies, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Ruzhu Wang

  2. Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenies, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Xiaoqiang Zhai

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Rd,, Shanghai, China

    Xiaoqiang Zhai Ph.D

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Wang, X., Hou, L. (2017). Energy Systems of Green Buildings in Australia. In: Wang, R., Zhai, X. (eds) Handbook of Energy Systems in Green Buildings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49088-4_18-1

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