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Life Cycle Cost Analysis of the Buildings in Turkey Related to Energy Consumption Due to External Wall Insulation

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For five different climate zones which specified on Turkey building thermal insulation standard (TS 825) depending on the different thermal insulation materials, minimum insulation thickness, life cycle saving (LCS), life cycle total cost (LCT), energy saving (ES), and payback period of energy consumption for ten years are found. Then the life cycle saving (LCS), life cycle total cost (LCT), energy saving (ES), and payback period of the energy consumption are investigated according to optimum insulation thickness for the degree-day values base on the heating system efficiency and the cooling performance coefficient value (COP). Minimum insulation thickness and optimum insulation thickness are compared for life cycle saving (LCS) and life cycle total cost (LCT) depending on energy consumption and energy saving (ES). Extruded polystyrene (XPS), expanded polystyrene (EPS), glass wool, rock wool, and polyurethane are used as a thermal insulation material and electricity is used as an energy source.

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Abbreviations

HDD:

Heating degree-day

CDD:

Cooling degree-day

DD:

Degree-day

x :

Insulation thickness (m)

k :

Insulation material heat conduction coefficient (W/m·K)

η:

Heating system efficiency

C :

Cost ($)

COP:

Cooling performance coefficient

ES:

Energy saving ($/m2)

LCS:

Life cycle saving ($/m2)

LCT:

Life cycle total cost ($/m2)

PWF:

Present worth factor

i :

Interest rate

g :

Inflation rate

R :

Thermal resistance (m2·K/W)

U :

Heat transfer coefficient (W/m2·K)

N :

Life (year)

E :

Annual energy load (kWh/m2)

r :

Interest rate

CnoH-C:

Uninsulated buildings’ heating and cooling cost

CH-C:

Insulated buildings’ heating and cooling cost

opt:

Optimum

e:

Electricity

ins:

Insulation

C:

Cool

H:

Heat

wm:

Wall

ip:

Internal plaster

op:

External plaster

i:

Internal

o:

External

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Balikesir University, Cagis Campus, 10145, Balikesir, Turkey

    Okan Kon & İsmail Caner

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  1. Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada

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  2. Dokuz Eylul University, Buca, Izmir, Turkey

    Can Ozgur Colpan

  3. Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Buca, Izmir, Turkey

    Mehmet Akif Ezan

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Kon, O., Caner, İ. (2020). Life Cycle Cost Analysis of the Buildings in Turkey Related to Energy Consumption Due to External Wall Insulation. In: Dincer, I., Colpan, C., Ezan, M. (eds) Environmentally-Benign Energy Solutions. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20637-6_6

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