Energy Monitoring in a Heating and Cooling System in a Building Based on the Example of the Turówka Hotel

Marek Borowski, Piotr Mazur, Sławosz Kleszcz and Klaudia Zwolińska
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Marek Borowski: Faculty of Mining and Geoengineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Piotr Mazur: Frapol Sp. z o.o., 30-832 Kraków, Poland
Sławosz Kleszcz: Frapol Sp. z o.o., 30-832 Kraków, Poland
Klaudia Zwolińska: Faculty of Mining and Geoengineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-20

Abstract: The energy consumption of buildings is very important for both economic and environmental reasons. Newly built buildings are characterized by higher insulation and airtightness of the building envelope, and are additionally equipped with technologies that minimize energy consumption in order to meet legal requirements. In existing buildings, the modernization process should be properly planned, taking into account available technologies and implementation possibilities. Hotel buildings are characterized by a large variability of energy demand, both on a daily and a yearly basis. Monitoring systems, therefore, provide the necessary information needed for proper energy management in the building. This article presents an energy analysis of the Turówka hotel located in Wieliczka (southern Poland). The historical hotel facility is being modernized as part of the project to adapt the building to the requirements of a sustainable building. The modernization proposal includes a trigeneration system with a multifunctional reverse regenerator and control module using neural algorithms. The main purpose is to improve the energy efficiency of the building and adapt it to the requirements of low-energy buildings. The implementation of a monitoring system enables energy consumption to be reduced and improves the energy performance of the building, especially through using energy management systems and control modules. The proposed retrofit solution considers the high energy consumption, structure of the energy demand, and limits of retrofit intervention on façades.

Keywords: nearly zero-energy buildings; energy efficiency; ventilation; heating and cooling system; energy monitoring; sustainable buildings (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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