Enabling cloud-based net zero options assessment for non-domestic buildings

我们将建立一个工具，建筑管理者和业主可以使用它来根据他们的净零目标、时间表、干预措施和资本支出，为他们的建筑确定最佳的脱碳路线。该项目的输出将是一个全面的仪表板工具，为客户展示一个清晰的解决方案菜单，详细说明成本、能源效率和改进方面的节省、交付的时间表以及参与交付的人员。实现这一输出的途径是围绕以下三个途径逐步采取的方法：理论上的净零路线能源等级方法——可能是最具破坏性的，拥有最高的资本成本，但在建筑物的剩余寿命中节省了最多的能源2。补强路线-影响最小，回报最快的措施-可再生能源安装，照明更换-运营节省可用于资助其他更困难的措施（所有其他可能的措施都在影响最小的措施之后）。合规路线-何时应采取措施以符合公司政策或英国政府零净政策的路线图。该工具将是用户友好的，并指导用户通过输入他们的建筑和公司详细信息的过程，以量身定制的建议。主要的输出将是图形化的，其中包含后台的表格数据，以便输出到金融建模软件或资产管理数据库。通过显示多个方案选项，改造解决方案可以与客户的特定碳和资产管理目标保持一致。这确保了我们的建议符合客户的目的和目标，这意味着我们的建议更多地被执行。此外，通过显示详细的成本、节能、交付时间表以及参与人员，该平台不仅可以分析数据，还可以实现投资组合规模的改造交付。该工具的基本逻辑是基于我们20年的建筑环境脱碳经验，通过对非住宅建筑进行建筑物理建模，并将这些信息数字化到数据库中，然后可以推荐实现净零碳的最佳途径。随着时间的推移，完成的项目将被基准和分析，以学习和改进我们未来的建议。我们将创建一个案例研究记录，以帮助未来的客户了解以前的改造决策、它们的优缺点以及随着时间的推移的性能数据。

We will be building a tool that building managers and owners can use to identify the optimised route for them to decarbonise their building(s) based on their Net Zero targets, timeline, intervention, and capital expenditure. The output of this project will be a comprehensive dashboarding tool displaying a clear menu of solutions for clients detailing costs, savings in terms of energy efficiency and improvements, timescales for delivery, and who will be involved in the delivery. The pathway to this output is the following step-by-step approach centred around the following three pathways:1. Theoretical Net Zero route Energy Hierarchy approach -- likely to be the most disruptive, have the highest capital cost but save the most energy saving over the remaining life of the building2. Bolt-on route - Lowest impact measures with quickest payback first -- renewable installation, lighting replacement -- operational savings could be used to fund other more difficult measures (all other possible measures follow after the lowest impact ones)3. Compliant route - Roadmap of when measures should be undertaken to comply with either company policy or UK Gov Net Zero policyThe tool will be user-friendly and guide the user through the process of inputting their building and company details to tailor the recommendations to them. The primary output will be graphical with tabulated data behind the scenes for exporting to financial modelling software or asset management databases. By displaying more than one scenario option the retrofitting solution can be aligned with the client's specific carbon and asset management aims. This ensures our recommendations conform to the aims and objectives of our clients, meaning more of our recommendations are actioned. Moreover, by displaying detailed costs, energy savings, timescales for delivery, and who will be involved the platform will not only analyse data but also enable the delivery of retrofitting at portfolio scale.The underlying logic of the tool is informed by our 20-year experience of decarbonising the built environment using building physics modelling for non-domestic buildings and digitising that information into a database which can then recommend the optimal route to achieve Net Zero Carbon. Over the course of time, completed projects will be benchmarked and analysed to learn and improve our future recommendations. We will create a record of case studies to help inform future clients of previous retrofitting decisions, their benefits and drawbacks and performance data over time.