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A Statistical Analysis of the Energy Performance Characteristics for the Residential Building Stock in Jordan

Alasmar, Reham; Burman, Esfandiar; Schwartz, Yair; (2023) A Statistical Analysis of the Energy Performance Characteristics for the Residential Building Stock in Jordan. Journal of Building Design and Environment , 2 (2) 10.37155/2811-0730-0201-8. Green open access

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Abstract

The residential sector is responsible for the consumption of 46% of the building’s total primary energy consumption in Jordan. The Jordanian housing stock will need to be significantly improved to meet the government’s commitment to reduce national emissions by 2050. This research aims to examine the available statistical data on residential buildings, to help better understand the current state of housing stock in Jordan and pave the way to generate a national housing stock model, as well as to identify opportunities in improving the energy efficiency of these buildings. The study synthesised data from the Department of Statistics housing survey and the Jordan Green Building Council survey to investigate the Jordanian national housing stock. The aggregated data was examined using a descriptive statistical analysis method. The data was then merged to provide aggregated datasets with detailed building characteristics. The study successfully characterized residential buildings archetypes and identified a range of typical thermal performance-related building characteristics (e.g., envelope properties, HVAC systems, lighting systems, etc.). The findings of the statistical analysis can be useful for policymakers in Jordan to gain insights into the current state of the housing stock, identify trends and patterns, and make informed decisions and initiatives such as the improvement of regulatory building code requirements for energy efficiency.

Type: Article
Title: A Statistical Analysis of the Energy Performance Characteristics for the Residential Building Stock in Jordan
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.37155/2811-0730-0201-8
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.37155/2811-0730-0201-8
Language: English
Additional information: © The Author(s) 2023. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, for any purpose, even commercially, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
Keywords: Housing stock; Housing surveys; building physics; energy consumption
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10177318
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