The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
Abstract
The residential sector is responsible for the consumption of 46% of the building’s total primary energy
consumption in Jordan. Despite the Jordanian government’s commitment to significantly reduce national
emissions by 2050, building Operational Carbon (OC) has been under-researched in the Jordanian context.
This study aims to present the development of an archetypes-based housing stock model. The model is
then used to evaluate the impact of a series of suggested refurbishment scenarios, to reduce the stock’s
operational carbon impact.
First, the most prevalent dwellings are identified and categorized into ‘archetypes’ based on the analysis
of a housing survey database on Jordanian dwellings. Subsequently, the performance of these archetypes
is evaluated in terms of OC. Finally, the improvement scenarios are investigated, and their impact on OC
is evaluated