1. Development of a decision support tool for the assessment of a building’s compliance with the thermal performance of Minergie-P standard
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Pérez González, Juan Jesús, Meunier, Geoffroy, Gnansounou, Edgard, Altelarrea Ferré, Inés, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Pérez González, Juan Jesús, Meunier, Geoffroy, Gnansounou, Edgard, and Altelarrea Ferré, Inés
- Abstract
The present Master Thesis is oriented towards the development of a tool for the determination of the improvements to be introduced in a representative Minergie case study with the purpose of meeting the Minergie-P label requirements. The engineered tool enables the assessment of the resultant energy, environmental and economic gains obtained and, therefore, constitutes a useful decision support instrument for the actors involved to make their decisions in the early stages of construction. This project is framed in the current context of energy efficiency in buildings and the design of the tool focuses on the Minergie brand, a Swiss quality and construction standard brand since 1998. The representative Minergie case study corresponds to a residential multi-family building of the Swiss housing stock. The building B10 of the construction project for the Arbora district in the town of Renens, constructed by Losinger Marazzi, with some slight modifications, has been taken as a reference. The solution to the problem has been addressed through the attainment of different phases. The first phases have been exploratory: a study of the state of the art of the energy problem, the national regulations concerning energy efficiency in building construction, the theoretical framework and previous relevant publications, articles and reports in the matter of optimisation of building parameters with energy efficiency criteria. Subsequently, the pertinent variables and indicators have been identified and the case study characteristics have been selected. The next phases have been the design of the tool, followed by the empirical phase of automation of the simulations. Finally, the results obtained have been analysed and assessed, and the overall conclusions of the thesis have been drawn. The project concludes by outlining future applications and improvements of the tool. The work has been accomplished within the Bioenergy and Energy Planning Research Group of the École Polytechnique F, Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::11 - Ciutats i Comunitats Sostenibles
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- 2022