2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Developing a policy analysis tool for low-carbon residential heating and cooling technology deployment in Japan
| Project/Area Number |
20K20030
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| Research Institution | Research Institute for Humanity and Nature |
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Principal Investigator |
Farabi Hadi 総合地球環境学研究所, 研究部, 研究員 (30822697)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Low-carbon / Heating and Cooling / Energy Policy / Modeling / Consumer Choice |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In the second year of this project, based on the original research plan, the databases for the heating and cooling technologies in Japan regarding deployment rate, costs, emission, fuel consumption, and efficiencies have been completed as the primary input to the model. The thermal modeling of the sample buildings in various climatic conditions was also completed. We published a part of the modeling results as a journal paper in the International Journal of Smart Grid and Clean Energy.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The research progressed smoothly in the second year based on the original research proposal. While we completed the heating and cooling technologies database in terms of costs, efficiencies, emission, and fuel consumption in the past years, we conducted the thermal modeling of buildings in various climatic conditions in Japan. We started evaluating the intangible cost of each technology as one of the primary and complex parameters in our model.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Currently, we are in the stage of quantifying the intangible costs of heating and cooling technologies based on the research proposal. In the following steps, by integrating the developed database and thermal model of the building, we will estimate the effect of implementing each market-based and regulatory policy on deploying low-carbon heating and cooling technologies in residential buildings in Japan. While the restrictions and circumstances related to COVID-19 are fading in the coming months, we hope to expand and deepen our academic collaboration with the collaborators we mentioned in the research proposal.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Due to the COVID-19 restrictions and circumstances, we did not use the travel expenses for the conferences and academic collaborations mentioned in the research proposal. Therefore, this budget is transferred to the next fiscal year.
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