DOI: 10.5176/2301-394X_ACE18.48
Authors: Pallavi Saxena and Sutapa Das
Abstract:
Worldwide about one third of energy is consumed by the building sector. Several reforms have been adopted to deal with the ever increasing energy consumption. US department of energy and European Union have issued policies regarding low and zero energy residential and commercial buildings. With the launch and compulsory implementation of Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) 2017 in India, the government has taken an important step towards energy conservation. But ECBC 2017 is strictly restricted to commercial buildings only. This leads to a complete absence of any prescribed guideline for residential building. This study attempts to bridge this gap between the two. With the help of this study, a residential building complex in Bhopal city is analyzed for its compliance to ECBC 2017. Three different levels of energy efficiency are considered. This study shows that how energy saving can be possible if every conventional building follows the minimum requirement for energy efficiency. It also highlights the loss of potential savings due to absence of similar mandates for residential buildings.
Keywords: component; building envelope, energy conservation, energy efficient buildings residential building, thermal performance
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