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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