Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur energideklarationen har tagits emot och påverkat fastighetsägares arbete med energifrågor i flerbostadshus i Gävle. Metod: Denna uppsats baseras på kvalitativa intervjuer med fastighetsägare i Gävle. Fastighetsägarna som har medverkat är från den kommunala och privata hyressektorn samt kooperativa bostadsrättsorganisationer och privata bostadsrättsföreningar. Intervjumaterialet har sammanställts i fem olika kategorier i löpande text med förtydligande tabeller och diagram. Resultat och slutsats: Endast tre av de sju tillfrågade fastighetsägarna är helt färdiga med energideklarationerna. Alla respondenter anser att energideklarationen är bra över lag, men det finns även flera saker som de anser är negativt med energideklarationen. Majoriteten av respondenterna anser att de inte har gjort några större förändringar i och med den nya lagen, de jobbade redan med energibesparande åtgärder innan energideklarationerna genomfördes. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: I uppsatsen har vi inte tagit hänsyn till de boende och deras påverkan av energiförbrukningen. Intressant vore att undersöka hur fastighetsägarna kan påverka deras energiförbrukning och hur medvetna de boende är om sina vanor. Uppsatsens bidrag: Uppsatsen har gett en inblick i hur energideklarationen fungerar i verkligheten och hur den har tagits emot av fastighetsägare i Gävle. Vidare har uppsatsen bidragit till en överblick över vad de olika fastighetsägarna fokuserar på när det gäller energifrågor. Nyckelord: Energideklaration, energiförbrukning / Aim: The aim of this paper is to investigate how the Energy Performance Certificate have been received and have affected building owner’s work with energy related issues in residential buildings in Gävle.   Method: This paper is based on qualitative interviews with building owners in Gävle. The property owners who have contributed are from the municipal and private rental sector, co-operative economic associations and private housing cooperatives. The interview material has been put together in five different categories with clarifying tables and diagrams.   Result and conclusions: Only three out of seven building owners have completed the Energy Performance Certificates (EPC). All respondents generally think that the EPC is good, but there are several things that they consider negative about the EPC. The majority of the respondents think that they have not made any major changes with the new legislation; they already worked with energy-saving measures before the EPC was carried out.   Suggestions for future research: In the paper we have not considered the tenants and their influence on the energy consumption. It would be interesting to research how the building owners can affect their energy consumption and how aware they are of their habits.   Contribution of the thesis: The paper gives an insight in how the EPC works in reality and how it has been received by building owners in Gävle. Furthermore, the paper have contributed to a general view of what the building owners focus on when it comes to energy relates issues.   Key words: Energy Performance Certificate, Energy consumption

The purpose of this study was to describe how real estate agents take into account invested energy improvement measures in their valuation of single-family homes. A qualitative research method has been used to achieve the purpose of the study. The data collection was performed through semi-structured interviews with real estate agents in Sweden. In order to be able to structure and analyze the collected material, an analysis method has been used according to Gioia. What we found in the study is that energy-saving investments affect value to varying degrees. Single measures have an insignificant value impact, while several investments have a greater effect on the value of the property. Investment in a new heating system is one such measure that we have found leads to an increased value. We have also found that there is a lack of market information for real estate agents when valuing single-family house units regarding to the energy performance of the comparison object.

Reducing global energy consumption is a common challenge faced by the human race due to the energy shortage and growing energy demands. The building sector bears a large responsibility for the total energy consumption throughout the world. In particular, it was concluded that existing buildings, which are usually old and energy-inefficient, are the main reason for the high energy consumption of the building sector, in view of the low replacement rate (about 1%-3% per year) of existing buildings by new energy-efficient buildings. Therefore, improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings is a feasible and effective way to reduce energy consumption and mitigate the environmental impact of the building sector. The high energy intensity and requirements of a green building policy are the main motivation of this study, which focuses on finding cost-effective solutions to green building retrofit and maintenance planning to reduce energy consumption and ensure policy compliance. As about 50% of the total energy usage of a general building is caused by its envelope system, this study first proposes a multi-objective optimization approach for building envelope retrofit planning in Chapter 2. The purpose is to maximize the energy savings and economic benefits of an investment by improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings with the optimal retrofit plans obtained from the proposed approach. In the model formulation, important indicators for decision makers to evaluate an investment, including energy savings, net present value and the payback period, are taken into consideration. In addition, a photovoltaic (PV) power supply system is considered to reduce the energy demand of buildings because of the adequate solar resource in South Africa. The performance degradation of the PV system and corresponding maintenance cost are built into the optimization process for an accurate estimation of the energy savings and payback period of the investment so that decision makers are able to make informed decisions. The proposed model also gives decision makers a convenient way to interact with the optimization process to obtain a desired optimal retrofit plan according to their preferences over different objectives. In addition to the envelope system, the indoor systems of a general building also account for a large proportion of the total energy demand of a building. In the literature, research related to building retrofit planning methods aiming at saving energy examines either the indoor appliances or the envelope components. No study on systematic retrofit plan for the whole building, including both the envelope system and the indoor systems, has been reported so far. In addition, a systematic whole-building retrofit plan taking into account the green building policy, which in South Africa is the energy performance certificate (EPC) rating system, is urgently needed to help decision makers to ensure that the retrofit is financially beneficial and the resulting building complies with the green building policy requirements. This has not been investigated in the literature. Therefore, Chapter 4 of this thesis fills the above-mentioned gaps and presents a model that can determine an optimal retrofit plan for the whole building, considering both the envelope system and indoor systems, aiming at maximizing energy savings in the most cost-effective way and achieving a good rating from the EPC rating system to comply with the green building policy in South Africa. As reaching the best energy level from the EPC rating system for a building usually requires a high amount of investment, resulting in a long payback period, which is not attractive for decision makers in view of the vulnerable economic situation of South Africa, the proposed model treats the retrofit plan as a multi-year project, improving efficiency targets in consecutive years. That is to say, the model breaks down the once-off long-term project into smaller projects over multiple financial years with shorter payback periods. In that way, the financial concerns of the investors are alleviated. In addition, a tax incentive program to encourage energy saving investments in South Africa is considered in the optimization problem to explore the economic benefits of the retrofit projects fully. Considering both the envelope system and indoor systems, many systems and items that can be retrofitted and massive retrofit options available for them result in a large number of discrete decision variables for the optimization problem. The inherent non-linearity and multi-objective nature of the optimization problem and other factors such as the requirements of the EPC system make it difficult to solve the building retrofit problem. The complexity of the problem is further increased when the target buildings have many floors. In addition, there is a large number of parameters that need to be obtained in the building retrofit optimization problem. This requires a detailed energy audit of the buildings to be retrofitted, which is an expensive bottom-up modeling exercise. To address these challenges, two simplified methods to reduce the complexity of finding the optimal whole-building retrofit plans are proposed in Chapter 4. Lastly, an optimal maintenance planning strategy is presented in Chapter 5 to ensure the sustainability of the retrofit. It is natural that the performance of all the retrofitted items will degrade over time and consequently the energy savings achieved by the retrofit will diminish. The maintenance plan is therefore studied to restore the energy performance of the buildings after retrofit in a cost-effective way. Maintenance planning for the indoor systems is not considered in this study because it has been thoroughly investigated in the literature. In addition, a maintenance plan for the PV system involved in the retrofit of this study is investigated in Chapter 2. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2017. / Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering / PhD / Unrestricted

Roughly 130 000 dwellings have been officially registered since Norway as of summer 2009 passed their bill “Energimerkeforskriften” on energy performance certificates in buildings. The main objective is to decrease the total amount of national energy consumption by producing a methodology of calculation of the integrated energy performance of buildings as well as proposing cost effective measures to lower each building’s energy consumption.  As the measures should not contravene nor be incompatible with the intended quality and character of the building, the “Energimerkeforskriften” exempts buildings that due to their historical and cultural values are protected cultural heritage legislation. The current system offers a couple of professional certification alternatives, but when two online semi-automatic methods developed specifically for non-professionals are by far the most used, and since the methods of calculation primarily have focused on modern building materials and construction, the rest of the historical building stock stands literally unprotected by incorrect performance certificates and high-risk energy efficient measures.  The objective of this thesis is to identify if the current Norwegian energy certificate system poses a threat to older buildings. It also tries to pinpoint relevant additions in order to minimize those potential risks in a near future by relating potential impact to what is determined as the main character-defining values of a building. The results show that the system clearly has its flaws, mainly regarding the estimation of energy consumption, and that the automatically recommended energy efficient measures would pose a serious potential threat to the historical building stock of Norway if they were to be implemented. / Bakgrunden till arbetet är de krav som EU direktivet (2002/91/EF) om byggnaders energiprestanda ställer på upprättande av energideklarationer och energieffektiviserande åtgärdsförslag. Till följd av att direktivet lämnat utrymme för given tillämpningsmetod har Norge utvecklat ett deklarationssystem där gemene hus- och fastighetsägare fått möjlighet att själva genomföra sin energideklaration, något som i andra länder enbart får genomföras av oberoende experter eller företag. Sedan systemet togs i bruk under slutet av 2009 har cirka 130 000 unika energideklarationer genomförts av privatpersoner genom den officiella hemsidan för Energimerke-systemet. Hemsidan tillhandahåller ett energiberäkningsprogram vilket med hjälp av olika tekniska och byggnadsrelaterade uppgifter som registreras av använder genererar en energideklaration. Systemets beräkning av byggnadens energibehov och uppvärmningssystemets verkningsgrad faller sedan samman i ett energimerke som i sin tur är ett krav att ha vid försäljning eller uthyrning av en bostad. Utöver själva beviset rekommenderas även ett antal energieffektiviserande åtgärder.  Med ett rådande undantag för kulturhistoriskt skyddade byggnader och ett system som inte är anpassat efter äldre konstruktioner verkar det dock kunna finnas vissa risker med den nuvarande metoden. För att genomföra en första granskning av systemet och dess möjliga konsekvenser för äldre byggnader i Norge har detta arbete därför ställt ett stort statistiskt underlag av tidigare energideklarationer mot utfallet i några fallstudier och simuleringar. Syftet är att ge svar på huruvida energideklarationssystemet utgör ett hot mot äldre byggnaders karaktärsbärande värden eller ej, samt försöka identifiera hur systemet kan förbättras och utvecklas. Ett viktigt moment i att försöka svara på arbetets frågeställningar har utgjorts av ett resonemang vilket lett fram till det sammanvägande begreppet karaktärsbärande värden. Satt i förhållande till energideklarationssystemets åtgärdsförslag och lagrummets egna varsamhetsparagrafer har det kunnat ge en fingervisning om vilka åtgärder som utgör störst risk för äldre byggnader.  Resultaten visar att systemet med estimerade energiberäkningar verkar genera felaktiga värden som förvärras ju äldre och enklare byggnaderna respektive registreringarna är. Det är även tydligt att åtgärder med hög risk för byggnaders karaktärsbärande värden ständigt återkommer som förslag samtidigt som systemet ej heller tar hänsyn till kostnadseffektiva aspekter. För att minimera riskerna föreslås att systemets tekniska ramar utvidgas samtidigt som systemets åtgärdsförslag ses över och eventuellt begränsas till att gälla brukarrelaterade råd. / Spara och Bevara

Bostads- och servicesektorn står för den största energianvändningen i hela Sverige på 40 %, följt av industrisektorn och transportsektorn. Sveriges riksdag har satt upp ett klimatpolitiskt ramverk från energiöverenskommelsen, bland annat med målet om att energianvändningen ska vara 50 % effektivare till år 2030 i jämförelse med år 2005, uttryckt i termer av tillförd energi i relation till BNP. Det finns stora besparingsmöjligheter att hämta i bostäder, och för att göra en skillnad måste information och kunskap spridas till både fastighetsägare och privatpersoner. Det här examensarbetet är en del av Energikontor Norrs projekt ”Stratus” som arbetar med att stötta 12 kommuner i Norrbottens län, genom att strategiskt arbeta mot att hitta en effektiv och framgångsrik väg för att nå de nationella energi- och klimatmålen anpassad till respektive kommuns förutsättningar.   Syftet med projektet har varit att kartlägga behovet/potentialen för energieffektivisering i olika befintliga byggnader hos alla de 14 kommunerna i Norrbottens län genom analys och bearbetning av data från energideklarationer, lantmäteriet och litteratur.   Byggbeståndet har kategoriserats i fyra byggnadskategorier: ”en- och tvåbostadshus”, ”flerbostadshus”, ”lokal- och specialbyggnader” och ”lokalbyggnader”. Resultatet visar ett energideklarerat byggnadsbestånd där 80 % av byggnaderna har en energiklass mellan D-G, där stor andel av beståndet är byggt under 60–80 talet, därav i behov av någon form av renovering. Byggnadsbeståndet som saknar energideklaration är främst komplementbyggnader som ofta inte behöver en energideklaration, följt av bostäder, där friliggande småhus hör till den största andelen.   Den största besparingspotentialen utifrån förslagna åtgärdsförslag finns att hämta i lokal- och specialbyggnader följt av lokalbyggnader enligt energideklarationerna. En estimerad besparingspotential för energianvändningen i hela Norrbottens län, baserat på åtgärdsförslag från energideklarationerna, visar sig vara 1,65 TWh, mest troligt mycket större än det. Exempel på vanliga förekommande åtgärdsförslag är ”isolera tak” och ”byte/installation av värmepump” för alla byggnadskategorier tillsammans.   En prognos för energiprestandan (kWh/m2 och år) fram till år 2030 visar en minskning med cirka 36 % från hur läget var år 2009 då de första energideklarationerna gjordes i Norrbottens län. Det indikerar att energiprestandan är på rätt väg och potentialen för att minska energianvändningen i våra bostäder finns där, men kommer inte utav sig själv utan det finns fortfarande stora behov av renovering och åtgärder i byggnadsbeståndet. / The housing and service sector accounts for the largest energy consumption, 40 % in Sweden followed by the industrial and transport sectors. The Swedish Parliament has established a climate policy framework from the energy agreement, including the goal of energy use being 50 % more efficient by 2030, compared to 2005, expressed in terms of energy input in relation to GDP. There are great savings opportunities to obtain in housing, and to make a difference knowledge must be disseminated to both property owners and private individuals. This project is part of the Energikontor Norr project "Stratus", which works to support 12 municipalities in Norrbotten County, by strategically working towards finding an effective and successful way to achieve the national energy and climate goals adapted to the respective municipalities' conditions.   The purpose of the project has been to identify the need / potential for energy efficiency in various existing buildings in all the 14 municipalities in Norrbotten County through analysis and processing of data from energy performance certificates (EPC’s), surveying and literature. The building stock has been categorized into four categories: “one- and two-dwelling houses”, “apartment buildings”, “local- and special buildings” and “local buildings”. The result shows an energy-declared building stock where 80 % of the buildings have an energy class between D-G, where a large proportion of the stock is built in the 60-80s, hence in need of renovation to reduce the energy consumption.   The building stock that does not have an EPC is mainly complementary buildings, that do not even need an EPC, followed by housing, where detached houses belong to the largest proportion.   The greatest savings potential based on policy proposal can be found in the “local and special buildings”, followed by “local buildings” according to the EPC’s. An estimated saving potential for energy use in the entire county of Norrbotten, based on policy proposal proposed by the EPC’s, turns out to be 1.65 TWh, most likely much larger than that. Examples of common policy proposal are "insulate roofs" and "replacement / installation of heat pump" for all building categories together.   A forecast for the energy performance (kWh/m2 and year) until 2030 shows a decrease of approximately 36% from 2009 when the first EPC’s in the Norrbotten was made. This indicates that energy performance is on the right track and the potential for reducing energy use in our homes is there, but will not come by itself, there is still a great need of renovation and policy proposal in the building stock.

The main task of the thesis is to design a nearly zero energy building of nursing home building in Pohořelice. The building consists of three above-ground floors with flat roof. The first floor is partly below ground and contains eight studios. The second and third floor contains in total twenty residental units made out of sixteen studios and four one bedroom flats. The vertical load-bearing structures are designed from ceramic blocks. The horizontal load-bearing structures are designed from the cast-in-place reinforced concrete. The building envelope is insulated with mineral wool. The second part of the master project focuses on designing HVAC, lighting and sewage system. The building utilizes an air to water heat pump as the main heating and cooling energy source. The summer domestic water heating utilizes auxiliary source by thermal panels. The third part of the master project is to create two different solutions. The aim is to improve energy performance certificate depending on overall comfort of living. Evaluating their impact on energy efficiency and overall comfort compared to projected solution. The project was carried out in the AutoCAD, DEKSOFT, Excel and Word.

The main aim of the thesis is a detailed economic evaluation of the energy saving measure, which was compared with the original state before the reconstruction. The economic evaluation is based on the physical calculation performed in DEKSoft. The effectiveness of the solution was determined by calculating the discounted payback period based on the estimated energy cost savings in each year of operation and initial investment costs. The work includes the use of a mortgage loan and grant programs as financial resources.

This diploma thesis deals with comparison of predicted and actual energy consumption in buildings. The predicted consumption is determined by calculating the energy performance certificate of the selected building and the actual consumption is monitored in the building on the Open Garden premises of the Partnership Foundation in Brno. The theoretical part deals both with the energy consumption in buildings and with the methodology of energy performance calculation.

The first section of this thesis describes possible energy savings in family houses. Subsequently, possible energy savings are applied to, and a system revision is presented for, an office building, along with a calculation of the return on investment for the described variant based on notice 480/2012 Sb. The final section focuses on the measurement of the indoor environment at an administrative building (CO2, air temperature, relative humidity) and their assessment according to the current legislation.

The aim of the thesis is the energy rating of buildings. The introduction included the issues of the topic, including normative and legislative regulations, process energy performance certificates along with energy audits for residential building. The object is evaluated in terms of energy, economic and environmental. Within the energy audit was designed and evaluated austerity measures.