Energy in buildings: Relationships

Every element and industry that Energy in buildings is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

• Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration: Heat pumps, air conditioners and fridges are how buildings turn electricity into heating and cooling, and cooling is now a main driver of electricity peaks in hot countries such as India. The efficiency of the machines sold today largely decides future building power demand. (researched)
• Building heat recovery: Energy flows from energy in buildings to building heat recovery; energy flows from building heat recovery to energy in buildings; their prices have moved together.
• Combined heat and power: Energy flows from energy in buildings to combined heat and power; energy flows from combined heat and power to energy in buildings; their prices have moved together.
• Boiler heat recovery: Energy flows from energy in buildings to boiler heat recovery; energy flows from boiler heat recovery to energy in buildings.
• Distribution grids, mini-grids and interconnectors: Energy flows from distribution grids, mini-grids and interconnectors to energy in buildings; their prices have moved together.
• Electric heating: Energy flows from electric heating to energy in buildings; their prices have moved together.
• Geothermal direct use and ground-source heat pumps: Energy flows from geothermal direct use and ground-source heat pumps to energy in buildings; their prices have moved together.
• Lighting and displays: Energy flows from lighting and displays to energy in buildings; their prices have moved together.
• Regenerative braking and motion recovery: Energy flows from energy in buildings to regenerative braking and motion recovery; energy flows from regenerative braking and motion recovery to energy in buildings.
• Shared and district heat reuse: Energy flows from energy in buildings to shared and district heat reuse; energy flows from shared and district heat reuse to energy in buildings.
• AI and digital platforms: AI and digital platforms depends on energy in buildings.
• Aerospace and defence: Aerospace and defence depends on energy in buildings.
• Apparel and footwear: Apparel and footwear depends on energy in buildings.
• Boilers, furnaces and stoves: Energy flows from boilers, furnaces and stoves to energy in buildings.
• Computers and electronics: Computers and electronics depends on energy in buildings.
• Construction and infrastructure: Construction and infrastructure depends on energy in buildings.
• Data centres: Their prices have moved together.
• Demand response and vehicle-to-grid: Energy flows from demand response and vehicle-to-grid to energy in buildings.
• District heating and cooling networks: Energy flows from district heating and cooling networks to energy in buildings.
• Education and research: Education and research depends on energy in buildings.
• Electric motors and drives: Energy flows from electric motors and drives to energy in buildings.
• Embodied energy trade: Energy flows from embodied energy trade to energy in buildings.
• Energy-intensive industry: Their prices have moved together.
• Finance: banking, insurance, markets: Finance: banking, insurance, markets depends on energy in buildings.
• Food and beverage processing: Food and beverage processing depends on energy in buildings.
• Fuel cells: Energy flows from fuel cells to energy in buildings.
• Furniture: Furniture depends on energy in buildings.
• Healthcare services: Healthcare services depends on energy in buildings.
• Hospitality and tourism: Hospitality and tourism depends on energy in buildings.
• Household and personal care: Household and personal care depends on energy in buildings.
• Latent heat and cold storage: Energy flows from latent heat and cold storage to energy in buildings.
• Lead-acid batteries: Energy flows from lead-acid batteries to energy in buildings.
• Lithium iron phosphate batteries: Energy flows from lithium iron phosphate batteries to energy in buildings.
• Media and entertainment: Media and entertainment depends on energy in buildings.
• Medical devices: Medical devices depends on energy in buildings.
• Metal products: Metal products depends on energy in buildings.
• Metal-air batteries: Energy flows from metal-air batteries to energy in buildings.
• Micro energy harvesting: Energy flows from micro energy harvesting to energy in buildings.
• Natural gas: Their prices have moved together.
• Next-generation lithium batteries: Energy flows from next-generation lithium batteries to energy in buildings.
• Nickel-based batteries: Energy flows from nickel-based batteries to energy in buildings.
• Nickel-rich lithium-ion batteries: Energy flows from nickel-rich lithium-ion batteries to energy in buildings.
• Other and primary batteries: Energy flows from other and primary batteries to energy in buildings.
• Passive solar and natural cooling: Energy flows from passive solar and natural cooling to energy in buildings.
• Pharmaceuticals: Pharmaceuticals depends on energy in buildings.
• Plastic and rubber products: Plastic and rubber products depends on energy in buildings.
• Professional services: Professional services depends on energy in buildings.
• Public administration, defence and security: Public administration, defence and security depends on energy in buildings.
• Real estate: Real estate depends on energy in buildings.
• Semiconductors: Semiconductors depends on energy in buildings.
• Sensible heat storage: Energy flows from sensible heat storage to energy in buildings.
• Software and IT services: Software and IT services depends on energy in buildings.
• Solar heat collectors: Energy flows from solar heat collectors to energy in buildings.
• Solar photovoltaics: Energy flows from solar photovoltaics to energy in buildings.
• Thermal coal: Their prices have moved together.
• Thermochemical storage: Energy flows from thermochemical storage to energy in buildings.
• Transformers and power electronics: Energy flows from transformers and power electronics to energy in buildings.
• Transport and logistics: Transport and logistics depends on energy in buildings.
• Vehicles, ships, rail, aircraft: Vehicles, ships, rail, aircraft depends on energy in buildings.
• Waste and recycling: Waste and recycling depends on energy in buildings.
• Waste heat for drying, water and food: Energy flows from waste heat for drying, water and food to energy in buildings.
• Waste-to-energy: Energy flows from energy in buildings to waste-to-energy.
• Water and sanitation: Water and sanitation depends on energy in buildings.
• Wholesale and retail trade: Wholesale and retail trade depends on energy in buildings.
• Wood products: Wood products depends on energy in buildings.