Workshop on the Nexus of Resilience and Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Proceedings Report

Ronald D. Ott, Scott Morgan, Matthew Antes

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Abstract

There is an array of building technologies whose operation–either passively or actively–holds the potential to improve resilience for building occupants and owners, utilities, communities, and other financial interests. Recent decades have witnessed enhanced resilience to major disruptions, as well as significant improvements in the energy efficiency of building technologies. However, these dual goals have often been pursued independently of each other. Similar levels of energy efficiency can be realized by a range of different technologies. For example, buildings can be kept cool in summer through passive ventilation, more efficient heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), higher quality walls and windows, advanced control systems, and intelligent analytics enabled by IoT technology. However, each of these technologies realizes energy efficiency through a different mechanism, and those mechanisms may contribute to resilience in non-uniform ways. One purpose of this workshop was the identification of specific energy efficiency and load flexibility characteristics, followed by an assessment of how those characteristics map onto the resilience space. In June 2019, Oak Ridge National Laboratory hosted a two-day workshop to explore how and where the two areas overlap, complement, or interfere with each other. A diverse group of experts assembled to discuss how to mutually address goals for improving the efficiency and resilience of our nation’s buildings. While this workshop only considered energy efficiency and load flexibility technologies that were realized through behind-the-meter technologies, all forms of resilience were considered. That is, the impact of these technologies on building occupants, building owners, business operators, utilities, communities, and all other relevant stakeholders were within scope.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationUnited States
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

Keywords

  • 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION

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