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Successful greenhouse gas mitigation in existing Australian office buildings
- Source :
- Building Research & Information. 44:160-174
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2014.
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Abstract
- Frequent site energy consumption auditing is a potential strategy to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from existing buildings. Such a strategy has been practised in Australia for nearly 15 years. This paper documents and analyses the effect of repetitive audits on measured site energy consumption. Using a self-constructed database of over 3500 audited disclosures representing over 800 unique office buildings, empirical models demonstrate that measured site energy consumption declines, on average, over the first five re-certification periods. The results also suggest a market average post-certification equilibrium in Australia of approximately 430 MJ/m2/year (120 kWh/m2/year) within approximately six years, if all else – including green management strategy – is held constant. Since GHG emissions from buildings in Australia are highly correlated with site energy consumption, such a result is comparable with meeting 50-year GHG mitigation targets reliant on the implementation of existing technologies. This suggests that repetitive auditing is a successful approach for motivating owners to invest in existing energy efficiency technologies. Refereed/Peer-reviewed
- Subjects :
- business.industry
020209 energy
environmental targets
Energy performance
Environmental resource management
climate policy
02 engineering and technology
Building and Construction
Audit
Energy consumption
energy performance
market mechanisms
offices
Climate policy
building stock
Agricultural economics
Investment incentives
Greenhouse gas
greenhouse gases
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Green management
investment incentives
Environmental science
business
Civil and Structural Engineering
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14664321 and 09613218
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Building Research & Information
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c5c9864869d0cc46e88c9691a76f5df6