A European Database of Building Energy Profiles to Support the Design of Ground Source Heat Pumps

Laura Carnieletto, Borja Badenes, Marco Belliardi, Adriana Bernardi, Samantha Graci, Giuseppe Emmi, Javier F. Urchueguía, Angelo Zarrella, Antonino Di Bella, Giorgia Dalla Santa, Antonio Galgaro, Giulia Mezzasalma and Michele De Carli
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Laura Carnieletto: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padua, Via Venezia 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
Borja Badenes: Instituto de Aplicaciones de las Tecnologías de la Información y de las Comunicaciones Avanzadas (ITACA), Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera S/N, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Marco Belliardi: Institute for Applied Sustainability to the Built Environment, University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland, 6952 Manno, Switzerland
Adriana Bernardi: Italian National Research Council, Institute of Science, Atmosphere and Climate (CNR-ISAC), 35131 Padova, Italy
Samantha Graci: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padua, Via Venezia 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
Giuseppe Emmi: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padua, Via Venezia 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
Javier F. Urchueguía: Instituto de Aplicaciones de las Tecnologías de la Información y de las Comunicaciones Avanzadas (ITACA), Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera S/N, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Angelo Zarrella: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padua, Via Venezia 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
Antonino Di Bella: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padua, Via Venezia 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
Giorgia Dalla Santa: Department of Geosciences, University of Padua, 35131 Padova, Italy
Antonio Galgaro: Department of Geosciences, University of Padua, 35131 Padova, Italy
Giulia Mezzasalma: Red Srl, 35131 Padova, Italy
Michele De Carli: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padua, Via Venezia 1, 35131 Padova, Italy

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 13, 1-23

Abstract: The design of ground source heat pumps is a fundamental step to ensure the high energy efficiency of heat pump systems throughout their operating years. To enhance the diffusion of ground source heat pump systems, two different tools are developed in the H2020 research project named, “Cheap GSHPs”: A design tool and a decision support system. In both cases, the energy demand of the buildings may not be calculated by the user. The main input data, to evaluate the size of the borehole heat exchangers, is the building energy demand. This paper presents a methodology to correlate energy demand, building typologies, and climatic conditions for different types of residential buildings. Rather than envelope properties, three insulation levels have been considered in different climatic conditions to set up a database of energy profiles. Analyzing European climatic test reference years, 23 locations have been considered. For each location, the overall energy and the mean hourly monthly energy profiles for heating and cooling have been calculated. Pre-calculated profiles are needed to size generation systems and, in particular, ground source heat pumps. For this reason, correlations based on the degree days for heating and cooling demand have been found in order to generalize the results for different buildings. These correlations depend on the Köppen–Geiger climate scale.

Keywords: building energy demand; energy profiles; GSHP; residential 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: 2019
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