By: Abhyudaya Negi and Vaishali Kumari
1. Student, DIT University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
2. Student, DIT University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Energy consumption in a building conventionally utilizes non-renewable resources that affect the ecosystem. The increase in usage of non-renewable energy increases carbon footprint, greenhouse gas emissions, global warming, and depletion of energy resources. Renewable energy resources can significantly reduce the impacts caused by non-renewable energy resources in a building. The issues that need to be kept in mind while designing energy-efficient buildings are the reduction of energy consumption originating from fossil and the reduction of environmental pollution. The building envelope is one of the most accountable architectural parts of the building in question concerning both thermal comfort and energy balance. The introduction of renewable energy systems can help in reducing the carbon footprint without compromising the energy requirement of the building. This paper explains how a renewable energy system can be integrated into a building, the know-how of production and maintenance of the system, and the scale and requirements of a building. Also, it will explain different methods by which we can help the building to function better and decrease the energy demands. The study will also focus on the life cycle assessment of a renewable energy system and how it can help reduce the energy consumption of a commercial building situated in a composite climatic setting. This paper aims to summarize how energy consumption can be regulated, how the cost can be reduced by calculating the payback period, and how the introduction of renewable energy systems can help in power generation reduce day-to-day living costs, and improve building performance.
Renewable energy, carbon footprint, peak energy demand, life cycle assessment, solar
panel, rooftop
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