{"id":15704,"date":"2024-04-16T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energiseindia.in\/2023\/?p=15704"},"modified":"2024-05-06T11:40:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T11:40:19","slug":"study-on-evaluating-net-zero-energy-potential-for-a-proposed-apartment-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energiseindia.in\/2023\/study-on-evaluating-net-zero-energy-potential-for-a-proposed-apartment-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Study on Evaluating Net-Zero Energy Potential for a Proposed Apartment Building"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15704\" class=\"elementor elementor-15704\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea6b691 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea6b691\" 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GVS Raghavendra Rao <\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1f9ccf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1f9ccf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CEPT University Ahmedabad, India <br \/>Corresponding Author: raghav@terraviridis.co.uk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7296b8a\" data-id=\"7296b8a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39aa80d elementor-widget 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Cite this article<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f0146f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0146f3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79f4967\" data-id=\"79f4967\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08ae38c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08ae38c\" 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R., Puchalapalli, S. (2024). Study on Evaluating Net-Zero Energy Potential for a Proposed Apartment Building. In Proceedings of Energise 2023- Lifestyle, Energy Efficiency, and Climate Action, pp 64\u201375, Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.62576\/LLTY6708\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.62576\/LLTY6708<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0c1b25 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0c1b25\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b7c5b2\" data-id=\"3b7c5b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbd6b5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bbd6b5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Highlights<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51c809b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51c809b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>The purpose of the study is to assess net-zero energy potential for a proposed apartment building.<\/li><li>The study is conducted for a proposed G+12 apartment building located in Sonipat, NCR.<\/li><li>After applying three different identified internal profiles (low-mid-high consumption) the BAU case EUI is in the range of 92 to 88.<\/li><li>ECM&#8217;s &#8211; IMAC MM 90% temp. setpoints, shading, NV, efficient envelope, efficient PTAC system were identified as energy conservative measures (ECM\u2019s).<\/li><li>After all ECM&#8217;s were applied one upon another the EUI is in the range of 37 to 31 (66% reduction from BAU case). Which gives a payback period of 8 months.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-916c394 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"916c394\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e414bb8\" data-id=\"e414bb8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b4745e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b4745e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Abstract<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-722241c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"722241c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The floor area of residential buildings in India is evaluated twofold (16.0 billion m2 to 31.6 billion m2) and the residential energy consumption is assessed to trifold (246 TWh\/y to 748 TWh\/y) between 2017 and 2030, as per NITI Aayog (2015). This development of residential floor space, combined with an increment in electricity production, leads to critical energy demand within the up-and-coming decades.<\/p><p>The purpose of the study is to assess net-zero energy potential for a proposed apartment building, suggest effective energy conservative measures, and see the financial achievability of the same by reporting the payback period and internal rate of return (IRR).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b14a0bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b14a0bd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db38548\" data-id=\"db38548\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22990f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22990f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keywords<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d819036 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d819036\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Net-zero Energy, Residential Buildings, Internal Rate of Return, Simulation, Energy Savings, Incremental Cost, Eco-Niwas Samhita.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e02f560 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e02f560\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/energiseindia.in\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Study-on-Evaluating-Net-Zero-Energy-Potential-for-a-Proposed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download Article<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79318b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79318b2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47f8ee1\" data-id=\"47f8ee1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c26dea0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c26dea0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">References<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-534e48d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"534e48d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol>\n \t<li>International Monetary Fund, 1 April 2021. 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Available: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/i\/irr.asp#:~:text=The%20internal%20rate%20of%20return,a%20discounted%20cash%20flow%20analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/i\/irr.asp#:~:text=The%20internal%20rate%20of%20return,a%20discounted%20cash%20flow%20analysis<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GVS Raghavendra Rao, Swati Puchalapalli<br \/>\n<span>pages 320-332<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/energiseindia.in\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/energiseindia.in\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/energiseindia.in\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energiseindia.in\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energiseindia.in\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15704"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/energiseindia.in\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16185,"href":"https:\/\/energiseindia.in\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15704\/revisions\/16185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/energiseindia.in\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energiseindia.in\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energiseindia.in\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}