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Proceedings of SimBuild Conference 2010: 4th conference of IBPSA-USA
 
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What Does It Take for the Residential Building Sector to Reach Net-Zero Energy?
Kevin Otto, Russell Taylor, Rohini Brahme, William SissonRobust Systems and Strategy, Taunton MA, USA United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford CT, USAAbstract: As part of the World Business Council for Sustainable
Development’s energy efficiency in buildings project,
the authors have been involved in modelling various
technology options for different building market
segments so as to reach net-zero energy goal. This
paper describes the modelling of the residential sector
using representative submarkets of multi-family
residence in China and single family residence in USA
and France. Specifically, the process involved in
establishing the stock data and the construction options
for residential buildings that would allow one to reach
the net-zero state, and the modelling procedures used
will be described in detail. In addition, for the China
market, the impact of increase in standard of living on
energy consumption will be examined. Pages: 293 - 300 Paper:simbuild2010_TS05C-03-Otto