Proposal for a Greenhouse gases regulated emissions and energy use model in buildings

1. GREEB
Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and
Energy use in Buildings
Selim Stahl 2014

2. The GREEB model
To fully evaluate energy and emission impacts of advanced building technologies and new energy
systems, the energy cycle from wells to energy and the building cycle through material recovery and
waste disposal need to be considered. Sponsored by ?, SP would developed a full life-cycle model called
GREEB (Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Buildings). It allows researchers
and analysts to evaluate various buildings and energy combinations on a full energy-cycle/building-cycle
basis.
GREEB would be developed as a multidimensional spreadsheet model in Microsoft Excel. This public
domain model would be available free of charge for anyone to use.
For a given building and energy system, GREEB would separately calculates the following:
• Consumption of total energy (energy in non-renewable and renewable sources), fossil fuels
(petroleum, natural gas, and coal together), petroleum, coal and natural gas.
• Emissions of CO2-equivalent greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and
nitrous oxide (N2O).
• Emissions of six criteria pollutants: volatile organic compounds (VOCs), carbon monoxide (CO),
nitrogen oxide (NOx), particulate matter with size smaller than 10 micron (PM10), particulate matter
with size smaller than 2.5 micron (PM2.5), and sulfur oxides (SOx).

3. GREEB Model
ENERGY
CYCLE
BUILDING
CYCLE
WELL TO ELECTRON/HEAT
RECYCLING OF MATERIAL

4. The GREEB model
Energy Pathways GREEB would includes many energy pathways including petroleum fuels, natural gas
fuels, biomass, hydrogen and electricity produced from various energy sources
Building Technologies GREEB would simulates the following three building classes:
Appartment
House
Tower
GREEB would include many building/energy systems covering the following building technologies:
- Passive energy buildings
- Wood buildings
- 3D printed buildings
etc