Peak Power & Energy

Peak Power Reduction

The installed cooling capacities for some TermoDeck projects in Saudi Arabia (one of the hottest climates in the world) have been compared with the design capacities using conventional HVAC systems. Cooling capacities have been more than halved leading to a reduction in Peak Power Load by over 50%.

Source: ASA Consulting

Energy Consumption

Large amounts of energy (surplus heat or coolth) can be stored in the structure of a TermoDeck building and utilised later, greatly reducing energy consumption. Operational experiences of TermoDeck buildings in Scandinavia and UK
show energy consumption for heating to be between 30 to 50 kWh/m2 per year. This is up to 40% lower than buildings with conventional heating and ventilation systems.

In the graph shown below, (from the The New Practice Final Report 106 ) the energy consumption of the Elizabeth Fry building in United Kingdom (UK) is compared with mean values of typical good practice offices. The energy consumption for TermoDeck is less than 50% of the other offices.

CO2 Emissions

The CO2 emissions are heavily reduced in TermoDeck buildings since the energy consumption is normally reduced by 40-50% compared to equivalent buildings with the same initial costs. This leads to large cumulative savings of CO2 during the building's life cycle.

A report commissioned by British Offset concluded that the increased utilisation of TermoDeck in Saudi Arabia would lead to estimated savings of CO2 emissions until 2020 of 18.2 million tonnes

Click here to read the summary of the report.