Sustainability Indicators for the Assessment of the Energy System
The discussion about sustainability in the construction and real estate sector was so far mainly focused on the contribution of individual buildings,quarters or cities to sustainable development.Several sustainability assessment systems have been developed and applied,which include technical,environmental,economic and social aspects.Energy production and consumption has a major impact on sustainable development.Hence,the amount and impact of resource usage and environmental degradation associated with the construction sector and occurring within the life cycle of buildings are depending on the characteristics of the existing energy system.Private households shift to being consumers and producers of energy,thus becoming a more important part of the complex energy system.Furthermore,nature and amount of energy usage influence life cycle costs of buildings,affordability of housing,or external costs caused by the energy systems.Due to the high relevance of sources and the efficiency of energy use for realising sustainable development,as well as increasing interdependencies between buildings and energy generation and usage,energy systems become accordingly relevant as a distinct object of sustainability assessment.This article will concentrate on the question which criteria and indicators are appropriate to describe and assess the sustainability of energy systems.Two basic approaches will be outlined: firstly,the development and use of checklists or indicator sets,providing orientation for the collection and interpretation of data raised,and a basis for context-specific selections of indicators,by investigating each indicator separately.Secondly,the development and use of indicator systems,which provide a fundament for a finally aggregated assessment result.Methodological and conceptual questions associated with these two approaches that are discussed in this article can also be transferred to other subjects of assessment.The article is based on preliminary results of an ongoing research project in Germany,financed by the German Helmholtz Association.
energy measurement and verification sustainability assessment indicator sets and systems
Lisa ANDES Thomas L(ü)TZKENDORF Jürgen KOPFM(ü)LLER Christine R(O)SCH
Institute of Sustainable Management of Housing and Real Estate(OEW),Karlsruhe Institute of Technolog Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis(ITAS),Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,Ger
国际会议
2017世界可持续建筑环境大会(the World Sustainable Built Environment Conference)
香港
英文
2272-2278
2017-06-05（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）