Abstract
In the present paper, we develop an hourly simulation model for determination of the relevant system load curves of a new district of 30 high performance multi-family buildings (163’00 m2 heated floor area) situated in Geneva, which is equipped with a 5 MWth groundwater HP. As a complement, at building level, heat recovery on exhaust air is used for pre-heating of DHW by way of decentralized air-to-water HPs. As a result of our model, the 10.7 GWh annual heat production (65% for SH, 35% for DHW) should require 1.93 GWh HP electricity (85% centralized, 15% decentralized). When crossing the corresponding profile with a recent analysis of the hourly CO2 content of the Swiss electricity mix, the annual carbon content of heat amounts to 47 gCO2/kWhth., which is 4 times less than with a centralized gas boiler.
Highlights
We develop an hourly simulation model for determination of the relevant system load curves of a new district of 30 high performance multi-family buildings (163’00 m2 heated floor area) situated in Geneva, which is equipped with a 5 MWth groundwater heat pumps (HP)
At building level, heat recovery on exhaust air is used for pre-heating of domestic hot water (DHW) by way of decentralized air-to-water HPs
While the total space-heating (SH) and domestic hot water (DHW) production for the building sector of the Canton of Geneva relies at 93% on fossil sources, the energy policy objective is to reduce this share to 66% by 2035
Summary
While the total space-heating (SH) and domestic hot water (DHW) production for the building sector of the Canton of Geneva relies at 93% on fossil sources, the energy policy objective is to reduce this share to 66% by 2035.
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