An Indicator Framework for Evaluating Building Renovation Potential

Barbara Eschen Danielsen, Morten Niels Baxter and Per Sieverts Nielsen ()
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Barbara Eschen Danielsen: Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Morten Niels Baxter: Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Per Sieverts Nielsen: Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 4, 1-22

Abstract: Implementation of a new European Union directive on energy renovation in Denmark can be expected to have a strong impact on the country’s energy renovation requirements. Accordingly, an indicator framework has been developed with the aim of identifying and quantifying the energy renovation potential of a specific Danish municipality. We identified and selected four indicators—energy consumption, CO 2 emissions, heating costs and current energy labels—specifically for detached dwellings. The physical renovation potential was then quantified based on the indicator results, and an average score for the four indicators was calculated for each of the 10,228 detached dwellings in the municipality. All four indicators were weighted equally in the calculations of the total renovation potential score. The methods used in this study can be applied more widely as they rank detached dwellings according to their renovation potential. However, we also found that more detailed data are necessary to determine the specific renovation potential of detached dwellings. A greater effort to collect more data on the part of the municipalities would improve the accuracy of analyses.

Keywords: energy efficiency; energy renovation; retrofitting; municipal heat planning; sustainable indicator frameworks (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: 2024
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