Domestic Energy Efficiency Scenarios for Northern Ireland

Stephanie Ogunrin; Inna Vorushylo; Oghenovo Okpako; Neil Hewitt

doi:10.3390/en15092985

Domestic Energy Efficiency Scenarios for Northern Ireland

Stephanie Ogunrin, Inna Vorushylo, Oghenovo Okpako, Neil Hewitt

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Abstract

Building fabric retrofitting is an important first step in improving building energy efficiency. The United Kingdom’s (UK) housing stock is one of the most inefficient in Europe, and Northern Ireland has the second-highest level of fuel poverty in the UK. This Northern Irish case study developed three fabric retrofit scenarios that estimate potential demand reductions, CO2 emissions removals and retrofit costs. The first scenario reduces domestic demand by 10% and removes 6% of domestic emissions. The second scenario is more ambitious than the first, and results in an 18% reduction in demand and 12% of emissions removed. The third scenario proposes fabric retrofitting to PassivHaus standard and results in a 42% reduction in demand and 27% of emissions removed. Furthermore, retrofit schemes can provide up to approximately 350,000 jobs annually between 2022 and 2050 for the Northern Irish population. This study demonstrates how fabric retrofit scenarios can be streamlined to the unique features of a housing stock. It shows that fabric retrofit research is important for the formulation of energy efficiency policy and emphasises that domestic sector retrofitting will yield socioeconomic and environmental benefits locally and internationally.

Original language	English
Article number	2985
Number of pages	15
Journal	Energies
Volume	15
Issue number	9
Early online date	19 Apr 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/en15092985
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 19 Apr 2022

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Funding: This work was supported by the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) under the Investigator Award under Grant SFI/15/IA/3058. The SFI Investigators Programme supports world-class research ability in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) areas, which buttress enterprise competitiveness and societal development in Ireland.

Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: This study was conducted as part of the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and Department for the Economy (DFE) research project ‘Energy storage and demand-side flexibility within future electricity markets’, which is run by University College Dublin and Ulster University. Thanks to Andrew Munn, Caroline Best and Jahnet Brown from the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for their assistance in securing the data needed for this study.

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© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Funding

Funding Information: Funding: This work was supported by the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) under the Investigator Award under Grant SFI/15/IA/3058. The SFI Investigators Programme supports world-class research ability in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) areas, which buttress enterprise competitiveness and societal development in Ireland. Funding Information: Acknowledgments: This study was conducted as part of the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and Department for the Economy (DFE) research project ‘Energy storage and demand-side flexibility within future electricity markets’, which is run by University College Dublin and Ulster University. Thanks to Andrew Munn, Caroline Best and Jahnet Brown from the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for their assistance in securing the data needed for this study. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Keywords

Energy efficiency
Domestic
building fabric
Retrofit
Northern Ireland
domestic
retrofit
energy efficiency

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