Building Energy Performance Analysis after Changing Its Form of Use from an Office to a Residential Building
Lowering energy consumption is one of the most important challenges of the modern world. Since the construction sector accounts for 40% of total energy consumption worldwide, the Parliament of the European Union has developed a Directive, according to which all newly designed and thermally upgraded...
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| author | Przemysław Markiewicz-Zahorski Joanna Rucińska Małgorzata Fedorczak-Cisak Michał Zielina |
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| description | Lowering energy consumption is one of the most important challenges of the modern world. Since the construction sector accounts for 40% of total energy consumption worldwide, the Parliament of the European Union has developed a Directive, according to which all newly designed and thermally upgraded buildings should meet the requirements of almost zero energy demand (nZEBs) from 1 January 2021. At the same time, in Poland, but also in many other countries in the world, there is a growing oversupply of office space in large cities with a simultaneous increase in demand for apartments, which is caused, among other things, by the increase in the share of remote work and the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, this is forcing owners to change the use of buildings from office to residential. This article analyses the possibilities of changing the function of an office building to a multi-family residential building. For both functional solutions, a comparative energy analysis was carried out, taking into account different work schedules and the requirements for new buildings with zero energy demand. The analyses have shown that changing the form of use of an office building to a multi-family building without significant financial and technical costs is possible. On the other hand, the reverse change of the form of use is much more difficult and, in many cases, practically impossible. Due to the fact that many offices are now multinational corporations, this issue is global. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1f3289b2f04e44028f3cc64a5a0c8d0d2023-12-03T14:19:03ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-01-0114356410.3390/en14030564Building Energy Performance Analysis after Changing Its Form of Use from an Office to a Residential BuildingPrzemysław Markiewicz-Zahorski0Joanna Rucińska1Małgorzata Fedorczak-Cisak2Michał Zielina3Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology, 24 Warszawska Street, 31-155 Kraków, PolandDivision of Air Conditioning and Heating, Faculty of Building Services, Hydro and Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 20, 00-653 Warsaw, PolandFaculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 24 Warszawska Street, 31-155 Kraków, PolandFaculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy, Cracow University of Technology, 24 Warszawska Street, 31-155 Kraków, PolandLowering energy consumption is one of the most important challenges of the modern world. Since the construction sector accounts for 40% of total energy consumption worldwide, the Parliament of the European Union has developed a Directive, according to which all newly designed and thermally upgraded buildings should meet the requirements of almost zero energy demand (nZEBs) from 1 January 2021. At the same time, in Poland, but also in many other countries in the world, there is a growing oversupply of office space in large cities with a simultaneous increase in demand for apartments, which is caused, among other things, by the increase in the share of remote work and the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, this is forcing owners to change the use of buildings from office to residential. This article analyses the possibilities of changing the function of an office building to a multi-family residential building. For both functional solutions, a comparative energy analysis was carried out, taking into account different work schedules and the requirements for new buildings with zero energy demand. The analyses have shown that changing the form of use of an office building to a multi-family building without significant financial and technical costs is possible. On the other hand, the reverse change of the form of use is much more difficult and, in many cases, practically impossible. Due to the fact that many offices are now multinational corporations, this issue is global.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/3/564energy performancenZEBthermal comfortbuilding form of use change |
| spellingShingle | Przemysław Markiewicz-Zahorski Joanna Rucińska Małgorzata Fedorczak-Cisak Michał Zielina Building Energy Performance Analysis after Changing Its Form of Use from an Office to a Residential Building Energies energy performance nZEB thermal comfort building form of use change |
| title | Building Energy Performance Analysis after Changing Its Form of Use from an Office to a Residential Building |
| title_full | Building Energy Performance Analysis after Changing Its Form of Use from an Office to a Residential Building |
| title_fullStr | Building Energy Performance Analysis after Changing Its Form of Use from an Office to a Residential Building |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building Energy Performance Analysis after Changing Its Form of Use from an Office to a Residential Building |
| title_short | Building Energy Performance Analysis after Changing Its Form of Use from an Office to a Residential Building |
| title_sort | building energy performance analysis after changing its form of use from an office to a residential building |
| topic | energy performance nZEB thermal comfort building form of use change |
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