Energy and environmental performance management in residential buildings : a case of hot arid regions ...

• Main Author: AlHashmi, Mohammad Ali
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2021
• Subjects: glacier*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0400045; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0400045

Globally the building sector is responsible for over 40% of primary energy consumption and up to 30% greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It is estimated that globally the average land and ocean surface temperature have increased by 0.85 °C [0.65 °C to 1.06 °C] from 1880 to 2012. The resulting climate change is causing a temperature rise and extreme climate events, shifting wildlife habitats, rising seas, and melting glaciers, which caused catastrophic human and infrastructure damages. In countries with hot and arid climates like Saudi Arabia, the total energy consumption is 345.1 TWh, which comprises a consumption of about half a million barrels of fuel oil per day, and 10.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. The residential building energy consumption in the country is about 52% of fossil fuel production. However, in cold countries like Canada, the energy use demand grew slowly by 1.2% from 1990 to 2017 which is projected to grow by 0.2% from 2018 to 2040. The total projected energy use in Canada is ...