Analysis of Energy Saving Effect and Cost Efficiency of ECMs to Upgrade the Building Energy Code

Hye Gi Kim, Hyun Jun Kim, Chae Hwan Jeon, Myeong Won Chae, Young Hum Cho and Sun Sook Kim
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Hye Gi Kim: Department of Architecture, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Korea
Hyun Jun Kim: Department of Architecture, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Korea
Chae Hwan Jeon: Department of Architecture, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Korea
Myeong Won Chae: Department of Architecture, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Korea
Young Hum Cho: Department of Architecture, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 38541, Korea
Sun Sook Kim: Department of Architecture, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Korea

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 18, 1-22

Abstract: Building energy codes are key policy tools for improving building energy efficiency by defining the minimum requirement for the energy performance of new buildings. In Korea, the building energy code was focused on prescriptive criteria for a long time but is now gradually introducing performance criteria. However, switching to performance criteria is not straightforward because of the resistance of the market to abandoning the well-consolidated prescriptive criteria. The objective of this study is to derive appropriate measures to strengthen the prescriptive criteria and the performance criteria, considering both the energy-saving effect and the economic efficiency for new office buildings and educational buildings to increase the market acceptance of the building energy codes. To this end, the energy-saving effects of reference buildings resulting from the reinforcement of the prescriptive criteria in the past have been first analyzed. Then, based on the collected energy performance parameters and cost data, the economic efficiency relative to the energy saving deriving from the application of passive and active energy conservation measures (ECMs) were analyzed, and future building energy code’s reinforcement measures were derived.

Keywords: building energy code; energy conservation measure; energy saving ratio; investment cost (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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