Impacts of apartment building energy renovation policies on Finnish combined heat and power production

Kristo Helin; Janne Hirvonen; Sanna Syri; Juhani Heljo

doi:10.1109/EEM.2019.8916564

Impacts of apartment building energy renovation policies on Finnish combined heat and power production

Kristo Helin^*, Janne Hirvonen, Sanna Syri, Juhani Heljo

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The European work against climate change requires decreasing the carbon emissions of the energy system. Apartment buildings consume a considerable amount of energy, especially for heating. Typically, research on energy renovation measures to decrease this consumption use current (or similar) energy system data for emission estimates. This approach undervalues the dynamic nature of energy production technologies, given the lifetime of the renovation investments. Especially in Finland, the dynamic is strong: District heating (DH) is common, and largely supplied by combined heat and power. Due to this electricity-DH connection, electricity and DH consumption profiles of buildings have a large potential to affect the technologies used for energy production, as well as the emissions released. In this paper, we show that the pathway taken in energy renovations of Finnish apartment buildings until 2050 will have an impact on the energy system of that time, as visioned in our scenario.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	16th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2019
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728112572
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM.2019.8916564
Publication status	Published - 1 Sep 2019
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	International Conference on the European Energy Market - Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana (UL) , Ljubljana, Slovenia Duration: 18 Sep 2019 → 20 Sep 2019 Conference number: 16 https://www.eem19.eu/

Publication series

Name	International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM
Volume	2019-September
ISSN (Print)	2165-4077
ISSN (Electronic)	2165-4093

Conference

Conference	International Conference on the European Energy Market
Abbreviated title	EEM
Country	Slovenia
City	Ljubljana
Period	18/09/2019 → 20/09/2019
Internet address	https://www.eem19.eu/

Keywords

building energy renovation
combined heat and power
district heating
energy system modelling

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Optimal transformation pathway towards the 2050 low-carbon target: integrated buildings, grids, and national energy system for the case of Finland

Kosonen, R. & Hirvonen, J.

01/09/2017 → 31/08/2021

Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding

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Helin, K., Hirvonen, J., Syri, S., & Heljo, J. (2019). Impacts of apartment building energy renovation policies on Finnish combined heat and power production. In 16th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2019 [8916564] (International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM; Vol. 2019-September). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM.2019.8916564

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Helin, K, Hirvonen, J , Syri, S & Heljo, J 2019, Impacts of apartment building energy renovation policies on Finnish combined heat and power production. in 16th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2019., 8916564, International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM, vol. 2019-September, IEEE, International Conference on the European Energy Market, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 18/09/2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM.2019.8916564

Impacts of apartment building energy renovation policies on Finnish combined heat and power production. / Helin, Kristo; Hirvonen, Janne ; Syri, Sanna; Heljo, Juhani.

16th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2019. IEEE, 2019. 8916564 (International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM; Vol. 2019-September).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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