Performance evaluation of a photovoltaic system for Basic Health Unit I rotates the NZEB Case study for the city of Rio de Janeiro

Case study for the city of Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

Currently, the growing discussion about energy and its conscious use and the need for decarbonization takes the attention of society, stimulating national and international events on the subject. Faced with important stimuli, Brazil developed the Brazilian Building Labeling Program - PBE-edifica, which has the objective of stimulating energy efficiency in the country through minimum parameters for approval of future buildings. This process is seen as an important step for a country whose buildings are responsible for the consumption of 50% of the final use of electricity. Within this context, the objective of this work was to evaluate the performance of a photovoltaic system connected to the grid for the construction of a Basic Health Unit type I, located in the city of Rio de Janeiro-RJ. Through computer simulation, the performance of a system capable of supplying the energy demand in search of the equilibrium of the Net Zero Energy Building - NZEB was simulated. The results obtained show that the high energy consumption of the building is seen as an obstacle to the implementation of an NZEB building, due to the energy demand and the resulting physical space for the system. The alternative adopted was Nearly Net Zero Energy Building - nNZEB, where the adoption of guidelines for the acquisition of more efficient equipment and lighting tends to increase its impact on the efficiency of the building. This research contributes by presenting a decarbonization alternative focused on health buildings, which are usually little explored in the scientific literature.