Energy performance assessment in terms of primary energy and exergy analyses of the nursing home and rehabilitation center

Ebru Hancioglu Kuzgunkaya

Energy & Environment, 2019, vol. 30, issue 8, 1506-1520

Abstract: This paper concerns with the energy analysis (based on primary energy) and exergy analysis of Narlıdere Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center (NNHRC) in İzmir, Turkey that was chosen as a sample public building. The Center services as a nursing and rehabilitation center for the aged and it also includes a geriatric division operating as a hospital. The Center was analyzed using the actual energy consumption data derived from several energy audits. Energy efficiency (according to the primary energy ratio) and exergy efficiency of the facility were calculated to be 59% and 14%, respectively. The results have indicated that the exergy efficiencies of space heating and cooling have the lowest values compared with the other units of facility. Specific primary energy consumption and specific exergy consumption of the facility were found to be 271.91 kWh/m 2 year and 290.23 kWh/m 2 year, respectively. Sustainability index value of the overall NNHRC was found to be 1.621.

Keywords: Public building; primary energy ratio; exergy efficiency; specific primary energy consumption; specific exergy consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/0958305X19862418

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