Post-occupancy life cycle energy assessment of a residential building in Australia

Abstract

A comprehensive analysis of the energy demand of a building over its entire life, based on actual operational energy data and a comprehensive analysis of both initial and recurring embodied energy, is extremely rare. To address this, the aim of this study was to analyse the total energy demand associated with a case study house located in Australia, based on post-occupancy building energy data. An input-output-based hybrid embodied energy assessment approach was used to quantify initial and recurring embodied energy over a 50-year period, providing the most comprehensive assessment of embodied energy possible. The study showed that the total life cycle energy demand of the case study house w..