Author, as appears in the article.: Hany Abokersh, Mohamed; Gangwar, Sachin; Spiekman, Marleen; Valles, Manel; Jimenez, Laureano; Boer, Dieter;
Department: Enginyeria Mecànica Enginyeria Química
URV's Author/s: Abokersh, Mohamed Hany Mohamed Basiuony / Boer, Dieter-Thomas / Gangwar, Sachin / Jiménez Esteller, Laureano / Vallès Rasquera, Joan Manel
Project code: Grant agreement No. 713679
Keywords: Zero energy buildings System integration Sustainable development Sustainability targets Sustainability target Sustainability Storage Solar power Solar assisted district heating system Solar assisted district heating Sensitivity-analysis Residential location Optimization Netherlands Nearly zero energy building Multiobjective optimization Multicriterion decision makings Multicriteria decision-making Multi-objectives optimization Multi-objective optimization Multi-criteria decision making Multi criteria decision-making Machine learning Life cycle assessment Life cycle Investments Intelligent buildings Houses Heating equipment Heat pump systems Energy efficiency District heating system District heating Design optimization Decision-making Decision making Costs Consumption Alternative energy
Abstract: Arising the Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) concept in Europe, the solar district heating systems (SDHS) present a potential solution to meet the buildings sector's European energy performance directive. Nevertheless, current practices face several technological and economical barriers to ensure service quality. In this context, our work presents a sustainability analysis (technical, economic, environmental, and social) for SDHS integration in the residential sector to meet the NZEB and positive energy building goals. This paper proposes an application of a machine learning model incorporating multi-objective optimization and multi-criteria decision making to facilitate a sustainability index for the decision-making stakeholders and policymakers. The proposed analysis application is illustrated through retrofitted residential communities with building energy rating (D) at different sizes (10, 25, 50,100, and 500 houses) located in Emmen (Netherlands) and compared to a standard decentralized heat pump. The optimization results show the ability of SDHS to provide a solar fraction up to 95% in the community of 500 houses. Furthermore, achieving a NZEB status is only approved economically from a community size of 100 houses with a life cycle cost of 41 V/m2 and a payback period of 25 years. These results align with a substantial environmental and social improvement of 78.2% and 29.7%, respectively, compared to the decentralized heat pump. Overall, this study provides policy decision making with an evaluation for positive energy communities and suggests the SDHS integration to meet the global sustainability goals. (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Thematic Areas: Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment Química Materiais Interdisciplinar Green & sustainable science & technology Geografía Geociências Farmacia Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Energy & fuels Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Arquitetura, urbanismo e design Arquitetura e urbanismo Administração, ciências contábeis e turismo Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: sachin.gangwar@estudiants.urv.cat sachin.gangwar@estudiants.urv.cat dieter.boer@urv.cat laureano.jimenez@urv.cat manel.valles@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-5532-6409 0000-0002-3186-7235 0000-0002-0748-1287
Record's date: 2024-07-27
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148121012593
Funding program: Martí i Franquès COFUND Doctoral Programme
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Renewable Energy. 180 893-913
APA: Hany Abokersh, Mohamed; Gangwar, Sachin; Spiekman, Marleen; Valles, Manel; Jimenez, Laureano; Boer, Dieter; (2021). Sustainability insights on emerging solar district heating technologies to boost the nearly zero energy building concept. Renewable Energy, 180(), 893-913. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.08.091
Acronym: MFP
Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.08.091
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Funding program action: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
Publication Type: Journal Publications