Economic impact of BACS and TBM systems on residential buildings

Author

Sanseverino, Eleonora Riva ; Zizzo, G. ; La Cascia, D.

Author_Institution

DEIM, Univ. di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

11-13 June 2013

Firstpage

591

Lastpage

595

Abstract

The paper presents the results of a study on the economic impact of building automation control systems and technical building management systems on residential buildings. The different functions considered by European Standard EN 15232 and having impact on the energy performance of buildings are applied to a test house, varying its energy efficiency class. The economic impact due to the introduction of each BACS or TBM function is evaluated using the BAC factors method, considering the real costs for the purchase and the installation of the components that implement the specific functions and the yearly energy costs of the building before and after their installation.

Keywords

building management systems; buildings (structures); energy conservation; BAC factor method; BACS system; European Standard EN 15232; TBM system; building automation control systems; building energy performance; component installation; economic impact; energy costs; energy efficiency class; residential buildings; technical building management systems; test house; Automation; Buildings; Cooling; Energy consumption; Europe; Lighting; Standards; BAC factors; EN 15232; TBM systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Clean Electrical Power (ICCEP), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Alghero

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4429-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCEP.2013.6586914

Filename

6586914