Abstract
In this chapter, the status-in-quo of green buildings in Australia was provided by introducing the practical application of different types of energy system, including
-
Solar thermal cooling system
-
Geothermal heat pumps
-
PCM cold storage in cooling system
-
System control strategy
-
A combination of innovations
The chapter aims to contribute information on how much energy saving can be achieved in the building sector and how long the pay-back period is, for which a case study is provided for each type of energy system. These analyses are available in the results of the practical operation of energy systems after the completion of building construction, through which the incipient system design has been proven key to the energy saving of successful cases. Although building materials and construction process is not considered in the analyses, these case studies also indicate a rather high importance of material and resource use during building construction.
References
http://www.industry.gov.au/ENERGY/ENERGYEFFICIENCY/NON-RESIDENTIALBUILDINGS/Pages/default.aspx
Energy use in the Australian residential sector 1986–2020. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts 2008
Mike Dennis (2015) Reducing air conditioner impacts: the state of solar cooling. ReNew 130
Sean McGowan (2015) A healthy swerve. Ecolibrium 12:36–42
Kohlenbach P, Dennis M (2010) Solar cooling in Australia: the future of air conditioning? Ecolibrium 12:32–38
http://www.directenergy.com.au/dt_portfolio/project-portfolio
Wang X, Dennis M (2015) An experimental study on the formation behavior of single and binary hydrates of TBAB, TBAF and TBPB for cold storage air conditioning applications. Chem Eng Sci 137:938–946
Torregrosa-Jaime B, López-Navarro A, Corberán JM, Esteban-MatÃas JC, Klinkner L, Payá J (2013) Experimental analysis of a paraffin-based cold storage tank. Int J Refrig 36(6):1632–1640
Wang X, Zhai X, Wang T, Wang H, Yin Y (2013) Performance of the capric and lauric acid mixture with additives as cold storage materials for high temperature cooling application. Appl Therm Eng 58(1–2):252–260
Wang X, Dennis M, Hou L (2014) Clathrate hydrate technology for cold storage in air conditioning systems. Renew Sust Energ Rev 36:34–51
Matthew Hoogland, Paul Bannister (2014) Council house 2 (CH2) in review. Ecolibrium 3:44–50
Tai Hollingsbee (2014) 5×4. Ecolibrium 3:31–34
Sean McGowan (2013) Pacific heights. Ecolibrium 8:27–32
Sean McGowan (2012) Spark of inspiration. Ecolibrium 7:34–42
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Section Editor information
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2017 Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany
About this entry
Cite this entry
Wang, X., Hou, L. (2017). Energy Systems of Green Buildings in Australia. In: Wang, R., Zhai, X. (eds) Handbook of Energy Systems in Green Buildings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49088-4_18-1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49088-4_18-1
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-662-49088-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-662-49088-4
eBook Packages: Springer Reference EnergyReference Module Computer Science and Engineering