@inproceedings{f5460edbb73e48d69a0003b26d0bbcd6,
title = "Evaluation of an environmentally-benign renewable energy system for buildings",
abstract = "It is very important to have environmentally-friendly solutions based on renewable energy systems for communities. Buildings are large stakeholders in the composition of a community and have substantial energy consumption. In this study, a net zero energy building is considered and modeled using solar PV and geothermal heat pump. The system is assessed for sustainability and energetic and exergetic efficiencies. The solar system considered yields an electricity production capacity of 51.4 kW with exergy efficiency of 15% under atmospheric conditions. The geothermal heat pump has a coefficient of performance of 4.9 and an exergetic coefficient of performance of 2.1. The sustainability index of this system is 0.62 using the hierarchist aggregation method and the weighted geometric mean. Furthermore, the effect of various refrigerants on the thermodynamic performance of the system is investigated.",
keywords = "Efficiency, Exergy, Geothermal heat pump, Net zero energy building, Photovoltaics, Solar energy, Sustainability",
author = "Azzam Abu-Rayash and Ibrahim Dincer",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.; 7th Global Conference on Global Warming, GCGW 2018 ; Conference date: 24-06-2019 Through 28-06-2019",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-20637-6_31",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030206369",
series = "Green Energy and Technology",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "613--647",
editor = "Ibrahim Dincer and Colpan, {Can Ozgur} and Ezan, {Mehmet Akif}",
booktitle = "Environmentally-Benign Energy Solutions, 2018",
address = "Germany",
}