Analysis of Thermal Insulation Thickness for a Container House in the Yanqing Zone of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Yurou Tong; Hui Yang; Li Bao; Baoxia Guo; Yanzhuo Shi; Congcong Wang

doi:10.3390/ijerph192416417

Analysis of Thermal Insulation Thickness for a Container House in the Yanqing Zone of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 7;19(24):16417. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192416417.

Authors

Yurou Tong^{1

2}, Hui Yang^{1

2}, Li Bao³, Baoxia Guo^{1

2}, Yanzhuo Shi^{1

2}, Congcong Wang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Environment and Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China.
² Beijing Municipality Key Laboratory of Heating, Gas Supply, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Engineering, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China.
³ School of Humanities, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China.

Abstract

A large number of temporary housings (THs) were used in the Yanqing zone of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Taking a kind of container house (CH) used in Yanqing zone as a model, the objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of insulation thickness on heating energy consumption and corresponding carbon emission. The effect of service life of THs on economic thickness was also discussed. The simulation model was developed using EnergyPlus and the heating energy consumption with different insulation materials was simulated based on the meteorological parameters of the top of Xiaohaituo Mountain (2177.5 m) and the Olympic/Paralympic Village (950 m) in Yanqing zone. In the simulation process, the thermal insulation performance of the CH was enhanced with reference to the requirements of GB/T 51350-2019 Technical Standard for Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) on one hand. Additionally, the insulation performance was evaluated in terms of payback period and carbon emission. On the other hand, the economic thickness of different insulation materials (rock wool (RW), extruded polystyrene (XPS), polyurethane (PU)) and the high performance vacuum insulation panel (HVIP)) for different service lives of CH was studied. Results show that the U-values of the envelope meeting the NZEB standard can decrease approximately 21.4-32.8% of the heating energy consumption, compared with the original envelope. When the service life of CH is extended to 20 years, the carbon emission is reduced by 18.5% and 29.5%. The payback period of HVIP is longest, up to 31.4 a, and the results of economic thickness show that when the service life of the CH ranges from 1 year to 20 years, the economic thickness range of RW is 47-235 mm, XPS is 41-197 mm, PU is 33-149 mm and HVIP is 4-18 mm at the altitude of 2177.5 m. At the altitude of 950 m, the economic thickness range of RW is 28-158 mm, XPS is 26-131 mm, PU is 25-118 mm, and HVIP is 2-12 mm. From an economic point of view, the service life of a CH has a significant impact on the choice of insulation thickness.

Keywords: carbon emission; container house; economic analysis; energy efficiency; insulation materials.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Beijing
Heating
Polystyrenes
Seasons
Sports*

Substances

Polystyrenes

Grants and funding

This research was funded by Ministry of Science and Technology under project number 2021YFF0306305 and Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission under project number Z201100005820007.