Building Energy Simulation with On-Site Weather Station

Abstract:

Energy consumption awareness and reducing consumption are popular topics. Building energy consumption counts for almost a third of the global energy consumption and most of that is used for building heating and cooling. Building energy simulation tools are currently gaining attention and are used for optimizing the design for new and existing buildings. For O&M phase in existing buildings, the multiannual average weather data used in the simulation tools is not suitable for evaluating the performance of the building. In this study an existing building was modeled in EnergyPlus. Real on-site weather data was used for the dynamic simulation for the heating energy demand with the aim of comparing the measured energy consumption with the simulated one. The aim is to develop an early fault detection tool for building management.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 859)
• Pages: 88-92
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.859.88
• Online since: December 2016
• Authors: Radu Manescu, Ioan Valentin Sita*, Petru Dobra
• Keywords: BIM, Energyplus, Heating Energy Consumption, Heating Load Simulation, On-Site Weather Station

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