Energy Efficiency Analysis Carried Out by Installing District Heating on a University Campus. A Case Study in Spain

Ana M. Marina Domingo, Javier M. Rey-Hernández, Julio F. San José Alonso, Raquel Mata Crespo and Francisco J. Rey Martínez
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Ana M. Marina Domingo: Department of Energy and Fluid mechanics, School of Engineering (EII), University of Valladolid (UVa), 47011 Valladolid, Spain
Javier M. Rey-Hernández: Department of Energy and Fluid mechanics, School of Engineering (EII), University of Valladolid (UVa), 47011 Valladolid, Spain
Julio F. San José Alonso: Department of Energy and Fluid mechanics, School of Engineering (EII), University of Valladolid (UVa), 47011 Valladolid, Spain
Raquel Mata Crespo: Department of Statistics, School of Engineering (EII), University of Valladolid (UVa), 47011 Valladolid, Spain
Francisco J. Rey Martínez: Department of Energy and Fluid mechanics, School of Engineering (EII), University of Valladolid (UVa), 47011 Valladolid, Spain

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 10, 1-20

Abstract: This article analyses the reduction of energy consumption following the installation of district heating (DH) in the Miguel Delibes campus at the University of Valladolid (Spain), in terms of historical consumption and climate variables data. In order to achieve this goal, consumption models are carried out for each building, enabling the comparison of actual data with those foreseen in the model. This paper shows the statistical method used to accept these models, selecting the most influential climate variables data obtained by the models from the consumption baselines in the buildings at the Miguel Delibes campus through to the linear regression equations with a confidence level of 95%. This study shows that the best variables correlated with consumption are the degree-days for 58% of buildings and the average temperature for the remaining 42%. The savings obtained to date with this third generation network have been significantly higher than the 21% average for 33% of the campus buildings. In the case of 17% of the buildings, there was a significant increase in consumption of 20%, and in the case of the remaining 50% of the buildings, no significant differences were found between consumption before and after installation of district heating.

Keywords: district heating; energy efficiency; baseline model; energy prediction; verification (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: 2018
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