Purpose: This study aims to investigate and compare a range of factors that can contribute to differences in energy calculations and the energy declaration. Method: To investigate this, a literature study has been carried out where the collection of facts and information is used to complement the case study that has also been carried out. The case ...
Purpose: The purpose of this degree project was to compare the differences in energy demand for three different sizes of smaller, detached one-family houses in Sweden, and to investigate the advantages and challenges of living in a significantly smaller house than the typical Swedish one-family house. Method: The comparison was made between one typ...
Detta arbete är en jämförelsestudie mellan tunga och lätta byggnader med avseende på värmetröghetens påverkan på energianvändning. Studien syftar sig även till att ta reda på uppfattningen samt användning av värmetröghet av olika yrkesroller inom byggbranschen. Då åsikterna och forskningen skiljer sig åt i branschen finns det inget direkt svar på h...
The largest contributor to global warming from the construction and real estate sector comes from the emission of greenhouse gases during the production and usage phases of buildings. During production the leading contributor accounting for emissions is material production while the largest impact in the usage phase is due to energy used for heatin...
Purpose: In this project work, the purpose is to perform an LCA as well as an LCC on two concept preschools, one with a wooden frame and one with a concrete frame. The result from the LCA is going to highlight, which of the building frames have the lowest environmental impact. In addition to the environmental impact, the project work is going to i...
Denna studie undersöker utmaningar kring medveten elanvändning i familjehushåll. Tidigare forskning har uppmärksammat att människor ofta har bristande kunskap inom energiområdet, inklusive den egna elanvändningen i hemmet. Dessutom bidrar den aktuella geo-politiska situationen (med sanktioner och spänningar mellan Ryssland och Västvärlden) till att...
Energianvändningen idag är den största bidragande faktorn till de globala klimatförändringarna vilket ställer krav på mer hållbar och resurseffektiv energihantering. I Sverige står sektorn bostäder och service för ca 40 % av den slutgiltiga energianvändningen motsvarande 144 TWh. För att nå en mer hållbar byggnadssektor har EU i direktivet för Bygg...
The aim of this thesis was to examine what impact future climate change and raised temperatures will have on current building design and how they can be adapted to the future climate change in terms of energy use, indoor temperature and thermal comfort by using passive solutions. This was carried out by a case study of a school building located in ...
In this comparative study were four alternative windows researched to find the most suitable ones for replacement when renovating the Million Programme housing. The methodology in the study involves a combination of methods, using interviews with companies and tenants, email correspondence with people who contributed to the study, and observation o...
Environmental and climate issues are of great importance for how we shape our society. The construction sector represents about 40% of global energy use and is therefore an important contributing factor to the environmental and climate impact (Huovila et al. 2009). Even though the negative impact from building sector, surveys from the Swedish Na...
