An Empirical Study on the Energy Consumption in Residential Buildings after Adopting Green Building Standards

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dc.contributor.authorZhao, Dongen
dc.contributor.authorMcCoy, Andrew P.en
dc.contributor.authorDu, Jingen
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-15T15:35:16Zen
dc.date.available2017-11-15T15:35:16Zen
dc.date.issued2016en
dc.description.abstractIn the past decades, a tremendous effort has been put into research and development of improved building systems and technologies to reduce the building energy consumption and advance energy efficiency. However, there is little to no published quantifiable evidence that assesses the energy consumption and efficiency for residential buildings with a context of green building standards. To fill this gap of information, this paper reports an empirical study that investigates the green home energy efficiency and its interaction with resident behaviors. This work uses an integrated approach of energy simulation and multivariate regression modeling. The data are from a sample of more than 300 residential units which meet the green building standards. Findings identify 43% of the annual reduction in energy usage and energy expenditures for a typical American home. Findings also identify four energy-consumption-related resident behaviors depending on which the actual energy efficiency performance of green building technology may differ.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.04.100en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/80397en
dc.identifier.volume145en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEnergy efficiencyen
dc.subjectresident behavioren
dc.subjectgreen buildingsen
dc.subjectSustainabilityen
dc.subjectbuilt environment.en
dc.titleAn Empirical Study on the Energy Consumption in Residential Buildings after Adopting Green Building Standardsen
dc.title.serialProcedia Engineeringen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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