Climate conditions nowadays are looking critical where the construction and property sector is a major contributing factor. The construction industry stands for one third of Sweden’s total energy use, which has led to different environmental goals and energy requirements that the industry needed to adapt to reduce environmental emissions. In association with this has durability and environmental certifications become one identity marker for companies that strives to make a difference and for users who choose to support them. Growing demand and increased environmental awareness have characterized the construction industry. The most popular environmental certifications on the Swedish market today is: BREEAM, LEED, GreenBuilding and Miljöbyggnad. BREEAM and LEED are the most recognized systems internationally and considers both the building and and the surrounding area. GreenBuilding focuses only on the buildings energy consumption and how to reduce it. Miljöbyggnad is the commonly used system in Sweden and focuses on the building itself. Miljöbyggnad is a Swedish certification system that is handled and developed by Sweden Green Building Council (SGBC) since 2011 and focuses on the building itself. The building is assessed by 15 different indicators within three segments: energy, indoor environment and material. This Work is limited to examine only Miljöbyggnad four indicators: energy consumption, solar heat load, heating needs and ventilation regarding an ongoing housing unit in cooperation with SWENCN AB. The aim of this work was to calculate monthly energy consumption for the reference building. Furthermore, was the aim to rate the four indicators according to Miljöbyggnad grade system: bronze, silver and gold and finally see what happens if the household electricity is neglected and can energy efficiency regarding household electricity paradoxically result in that the building appears to be inferior. The result of this thesis shows that the buildings active heating season is five out of twelve months. Solar thermal load is calculated to a value of 66 W/m2 floor area and because of that did not meet up the criteria for bronze. Heating needs meets up to the criteria for bronze with a value of 21,5 W/m2 , Aom. and the buildings energy use for gold with a value of 49 kWh/m2, (Atemp), year. Household electricity contributes to increased passive heating and counts because of that as “free energy” which decreases the need for active heating, the building is considered as better. If the household electricity instead is neglected it will increase the heating demand and the building appears to be inferior. The conclusions of this work indicate that the big uncertainty lies in judging how people's habits affects the energy use. The building is currently under production which has led to that static average numbers have been used, and because of that margin of error can in some cases become big. As a result of that should any changes and adjustments updates when the building is put in use. It's easier and more effective to reach gold in the planning stage when there are opportunities to choose building components with lower U-value.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mdh-49247 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Pesterac, Anastasija, Chahine, Nour, Hermad, Kajin |
| Publisher | Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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