Energybase Office Building: a Reality Check by Seven Years of Monitored Energy System Performance
Abstract
The architectural design and the energy system concept of the ENERGYbase office building in Vienna / Austria fulfils the requirements of the ‘Passivhaus’ standard. The use of ecological construction materials, high insulation and air-tightness of building envelope, advanced and energy efficient technologies - like solar-assisted air-conditioning, heat pump technology, photovoltaics - as well as innovative systems in terms of high quality of indoor comfort reduces the energy consumption. Since August 2008 the ENERGYbase office building is in operation and a monitoring campaign was carried out. This publication reports on seven years energy building performance based on measurement data from 2009 till 2015. Key findings are drawn and finally the ENERGYbase office building exceeds its ambitious targets related to energy and high indoor comfort in reality.
Keywords
Nearly zero energy office building, Local renewable energy use, Energy monitoring, Reality check