Towards a resilient built environment: energy positivity through energy flexibility and generation

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2024-9-06

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Delice, Eser

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The threatening impacts of climate change increase on a daily basis, pushing each sector to go under significant changes. Architecture is integral to this issue since the built environment accounts for a major portion of energy usage. Hence, a fundamental re-consideration of the relationship between energy and buildings is inevitable. Currently, most buildings are connected to electricity grids only to retrieve energy. However, through effective utilization of renewable energy sources, this connection is prone to radical changes. Buildings must be able to mitigate renewable energy generation with existing electricity energy and balance the electricity inputs and outputs, underlining the necessity of energy flexibility. This thesis aims to portray the significance of energy flexibility for energy generation and present the means of considering energy flexibility as a framework for architects to utilize as a design strategy. For this purpose, a methodology of achieving energy positivity through energy flexibility and generation is created and tested on a case study. The results show that through effective utilization of energy flexibility and generation, energy positivity is possible.

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Energy Flexibility, Renewable Energy Generation, Smart Scheduling, Building Thermal Mass

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/111456

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis