A Parametric Modelling Approach for Energy Retrofitting Heritage Buildings: The Case of Amsterdam City Centre

The city of Amsterdam has ambitious goals to achieve a 95% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050 and to phase out natural gas by 2040. Disconnecting the building stock from natural gas requires well-ventilated and well-insulated buildings and a switch to renewable energy sources, making optimal use...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2024-03, Vol.17 (5), p.994
Main Authors: Dang, Maéva, van den Dobbelsteen, Andy, Voskuilen, Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air quality management
Alternative energy sources
Analysis
Built environment
built heritage
Carbon dioxide
Construction
Emissions
Emissions (Pollution)
Energy consumption
Energy efficiency
Energy industry
energy retrofitting
Geospatial data
Green buildings
Historic buildings & sites
Historic preservation
Hydrogen
Inner city
low-temperature heating
Natural gas
parametric modelling
Protection and preservation
simulation
Sustainability
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Summary:The city of Amsterdam has ambitious goals to achieve a 95% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050 and to phase out natural gas by 2040. Disconnecting the building stock from natural gas requires well-ventilated and well-insulated buildings and a switch to renewable energy sources, making optimal use of heat pumps and sustainable heating solutions available locally. Most buildings in the historical city centre are protected and often insufficiently insulated, leading to increased energy use and a poor thermal environment. Standard retrofitting interventions may be restricted, requiring new approaches to balancing the need for energy efficiency and the preservation of heritage significance. With the case of the Amsterdam City Centre, the goal of this research is to present a parametric modelling approach for energy retrofitting heritage buildings and to identify minimum requirements for preparing the residential stock to lower temperature heat (LTH). Using parametric design and bottom-up energy modelling, the research estimates that a 69.1% of natural gas reduction could be achieved when upgrading the buildings to lower temperature (LT). Results of this paper also demonstrate how the applied approach can be used to guide decisions on the improvement in energy performance of the historic built environment.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en17050994