A Study on Economic Evaluation of Design Elements of Zero-Energy Buildings According to Energy Consumption and Production

Abstract

In order to expand the zero-energy building, it is necessary to evaluate the economic feasibility of the passive and active elements applied to achieve the zero-energy building. The purpose of this study is to verify the final energy consumption and investment cost of a building according to the change of passive and active elements. In this study, the final energy consumption was calculated by region for the passive element S/V ratio (surface-to-volume ratio), the building’s orientation, and the active element (building-integrated photovoltaic) for the Department of Energy reference building type using simulations. In addition, the change in investment cost according to changes in energy consumption and production was calculated. As a result of the study, it was reasonable to invest in passive elements rather than active elements in the central region of Korea, and it was confirmed that investment in active elements was highly economical in the southern region of Korea. It is expected that the results of this study can be used as a guideline to enable the economic analysis of design elements in the design of zero-energy buildings.