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Systems Approach

Introduction

  • Domestic hot water heating as an example
  • The four dimensions of a systems approach to energy efficiency
  • Space heating as a typical example
  • Applying a systems approach to behind-the-meter energy efficiency

Advantages

  • How big is the energy savings potential at system level?
  • How can companies and organisations benefit from a systems approach?
  • How can policy makers benefit from a systems approach towards energy efficiency?

Common concepts

  • Demand-side flexibility
  • Scaled-up renovation
  • Technology switch and fuel switch
  • Smart control
  • Component sizing based on the actual load
  • The extended product approach

Managing complexity

  • How can energy management stimulate the systems approach to energy efficiency?
  • How can the challenges for market surveillance be addressed?
  • What role installers have to play?
  • What role does measurement and verification (M&V) play?
  • Are design tools available to optimise functional systems?
  • How can life-cycle costing (LCC) and total cost of ownership (TCO) help optimizing a system?
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Standardisation

  • Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) and Organisational Environmental Footprint (OEF)
  • Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol
  • Standards for the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPB)
  • Economic and environmental cable sizing
  • Life Cycle Costing (LCC) and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)
  • ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems
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