Transcript A Near Net Zero Building - Continental Automated Buildings

Market Potential of NetZero Energy Commercial
Buildings in North
America and Worldwide
Adoption
Rawlson O’Neil King
Communications Director
Continental Automated Buildings Association
CABA
Non-profit trade organization promotes home
and building automation
“The knowledge-based forum for
industry leaders who advance the use of
technology and integrated systems in the
global home and building industry.”
What is a Net Zero Building?
Why Net Zero is Important?
• Buildings are the Largest Energy
Consumer in the U.S.
– 40% of primary energy, 72% of electricity,
55% of natural gas
Commercial Sector Trends
Energy use increasing 1.6% per year – faster that energy efficiency
improvements
20
25
15
20
10
15
2025
2020
2015
2010
2005
0
2000
5
1995
5
1990
10
GDP (trillion $)
30
1985
Sector energy (quads)
•
Delivered
(site) energy
Total (source)
energy
Gross
Domestic
Product
Regulations Worldwide
U.S. Drivers
Strategies
Automated Technologies will
drive Net Zero Energy
Buildings
Pearl River Tower
(A Near Net Zero Building)
in Guangzhou, China
The building is designed with energy conservation
in mind, including wind turbines and solar
collectors, photovoltaic cells, raised floors
ventilation, and radiant heating and cooling ceilings.
It will be arguably one of the most environmentally
friendly buildings in the world.
Pearl River Tower’s accomplishments, many are
related to the sustainable design features including:
•The largest radiant-cooled office building in the world
•Most energy efficient super-tall building in the world
•The tower is an example of China’s goal to reduce the intensity of
carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP in 2020 by 40 to 45
percent as compared to the level of 2005.
Conclusions
•Net Zero energy buildings are more a concept than a hard target in most of
the Asian countries except Japan.
•Net Zero energy buildings are usually used to demonstrate low carbon
technologies.
•The major market for Net Zero energy buildings will be in Europe.
•Market adoption for Net Zero buildings worldwide will be gradual.
•Net Zero energy buildings will be composed to multiple technologies bound
together by building automation
•China will be posed to dominate the manufacturing market for Net Zero
subsystems, such as solar photovoltaic.
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