A preliminary simulation study about the impact of COVID-19 crisis on energy demand of a building mix at a district in Sweden

• Published in: Applied energy Vol. 280; p. 115954
• Main Authors: Zhang, Xingxing, Pellegrino, Filippo, Shen, Jingchun, Copertaro, Benedetta, Huang, Pei, Kumar Saini, Puneet, Lovati, Marco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15.12.2020; The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd
• Subjects: Building; COVID-19; COVID-19 infection; Demand; District; electricity; Energi och samhällsbyggnad; Energy; Energy and Built Environments; heat; summer; Sweden; uncertainty; winter; Sweden; COVID-19; Building; Demand; Energy; District
• ISSN: 0306-2619; 1872-9118; 1872-9118; 0306-2619
• DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115954

•It simulates impact of COVID-19 on energy demand for a building mix at a district.•Confinement scenarios are proposed based on a new district design in Sweden.•Confinement measures increase electricity demand of buildings in the district.•Confinement measures reduce thermal energy demand of buildin...