Building Energy Simulation: A Workbook Using DesignBuilder™ [2 ed.] 0367374684, 9780367374686

Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Authors
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Energy Simulation
Building Energy Simulation
What Is Needed for Energy Simulation
How Simulation Software Works
Tutorial 1.1 Opening and Simulating an Example File
Tutorial 1.2 Creating a Single-Zone Model
Tutorial 1.3 Evaluating the Impact of Building Location and Orientation
Tutorial 1.4 Evaluating the Impact of Opaque Envelope Components
Tutorial 1.5 Evaluating the Impact of WWRand Glass Type
Tutorial 1.6 Evaluating the Impact of Occupancy Density
Tutorial 1.7 Evaluating the Impact of Space Activity
Tutorial 1.8 Evaluating the Impact of Lighting and Equipment Power
Tutorial 1.9 Evaluating the Impact of Daylight Controls
Tutorial 1.10 Evaluating the Impact of Setpoint Temperature
Tutorial 1.11 Evaluating the Impact of Fresh Air Supply Rate
Chapter 2: Geometry of Buildings
Tutorial 2.1 Defining Thermal Zoning for a Building
Tutorial 2.2 Evaluating the Effect of a Zone Multiplier
Tutorial 2.3 Evaluating the Impact of the Aspect Ratio
Tutorial 2.4 Evaluating the Impact of Adjacency of the Surface
Chapter 3: Material and Construction
Tutorial 3.1 Evaluating the Effect of Lightweight and Heavyweight
Construction
Tutorial 3.2 Evaluating the Impact of Roof Insulation
Tutorial 3.3 Evaluating the Impact of the Position of Roof Insulation
Tutorial 3.4 Evaluating the Impact of the Air Gap between Roof Layers
Tutorial 3.5 Evaluating the Impact of Surface Reflectance
Tutorial 3.6 Evaluating the Impact of Roof Underdeck Radiant Barrier
Tutorial 3.7 Evaluating the Impact of a Green Roof
Tutorial 3.8 Evaluating the Impact of Phase-Change Material (PCM) in
an External Wall
Chapter 4: Openings and Shading
Tutorial 4.1 Evaluating the Impact of Window-to-Wall Ratio and
Glazing Type
Tutorial 4.2 Evaluating the Impact of Overhangs and Fins
Tutorial 4.3 Evaluating the Impact of Internal Operable Shades
Tutorial 4.4 Evaluating the Impact of Electrochromic Switchable Glazing
on Windows’ Solar Gains
Chapter 5: Lighting and Controls
Tutorial 5.1 Evaluating the Impact of Daylighting-Based Controls
Tutorial 5.2 Evaluating the Impact of Daylight Sensor Placement
Tutorial 5.3 Evaluating the Impact of Window External Shades and
WWRon Daylight Performance
Chapter 6: Heating and Cooling Design
Tutorial 6.1 Evaluating the Impact of Temperature Control Types
Tutorial 6.2 Evaluating the Impact of Design Day Selection
Tutorial 6.3 Evaluating the Impact of the Airflow Calculation Method
Chapter 7: Unitary HVAC Systems
Tutorial 7.1 Evaluating the Impact of Unitary Air-Conditioner
Coefficient of Performance (COP)
Tutorial 7.2 Evaluating the Impact of Fan Efficiency of a Unitary
Air-Conditioning System
Tutorial 7.3 Evaluating the Impact of Fan Pressure Rise
Tutorial 7.4 Evaluating the Impact of Heat Pumps on Heating Energy
Consumption
Chapter 8: Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning: Central Water Side
Tutorial 8.1 Evaluating the Impact of Air- and Water-Cooled Chillers
Tutorial 8.2 Evaluating the Impact of a Variable-Speed Drive (VSD)
on a Chiller
Tutorial 8.3 Evaluating the Impact of VSD on a Chilled-Water Pump
Tutorial 8.4 Evaluating the Impact of a Cooling Tower Fan Type
Tutorial 8.5 Evaluating the Impact of a Condenser Water Pump
with a VSD
Tutorial 8.6 Evaluating the Impact of Boiler Nominal Thermal Efficiency
Tutorial 8.7 Evaluating the Impact of Chiller Sequencing
Tutorial 8.8 Evaluating the Impact of Thermal Storage and
Time-of-Use Tariffs
Chapter 9: Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning: Central Air Side
Tutorial 9.1 Evaluating the Impact of an Air-Side Economiser
Tutorial 9.2 Evaluating the Impact of Supply Air Fan Operating
Mode during Unoccupied Hours
Tutorial 9.3 Evaluating the Impact of Heat Recovery between Fresh
and Exhaust Air
Tutorial 9.4 Evaluating the Impact of a Variable-Refrigerant-Flow
(VRF) System
Tutorial 9.5 Evaluating the Impact of Demand Control Ventilation
Chapter 10: Natural Ventilation
Tutorial 10.1 Evaluating the Impact of Wind Speed on
Natural Ventilation
Tutorial 10.2 Evaluating the Impact of Natural Ventilation with
Constant Wind Speed and Direction
Tutorial 10.3 Evaluating the Impact of a Window Opening and Closing
Schedule
Tutorial 10.4 Evaluating the Impact of Window Opening Control Based
on Temperature
Tutorial 10.5 Evaluating the Impact of Window Opening Area
Modulation on Natural Ventilation
Tutorial 10.6 Evaluating the Impact of Mixed-Mode Operation
Chapter 11: Simulation Parameters
Tutorial 11.1 Evaluating the Impact of Time Steps per Hour on Run Time
Tutorial 11.2 Evaluating the Impact of the Solar Distribution Algorithm
Tutorial 11.3 Evaluating the Impact of the Solution Algorithm
Tutorial 11.4 Evaluating the Effect of the Inside Convection Algorithm
Tutorial 11.5 Evaluating the Impact of the Shadowing Interval
Chapter 12: Renewable Energy System
Tutorial 12.1 Evaluating the Impact of Photo-Voltaic (PV) Panel Tilt Angle
Tutorial 12.2 Evaluating the Impact of Shading from Rooftop PV Panels
Tutorial 12.3 Evaluating the Impact of the Cell Efficiency of PV Panels
Tutorial 12.4 Evaluating the Performance of Glazing-Integrated PV Panels
Tutorial 12.5 Evaluating the Performance of Opaque Building-Integrated
PV Panels
Chapter 13: Costing, Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis
Tutorial 13.1 Selecting Glazing Using Cost-Benefit Analysis
Tutorial 13.2 Selecting a HVAC System Using Cost-Benefit Analysis
Tutorial 13.3 Performing Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis
Chapter 14: Building Energy Code Compliance
Tutorial 14.1 Modelling Building Performance in Four Orientations
Tutorial 14.2 Creating the Base-Case External Wall for ASHRAE
Standard 90.1–2010, Appendix G
Tutorial 14.3 Modelling Flush Windows for the Base Case
Tutorial 14.4 Selecting a HVAC System for the Base Case
Tutorial 14.5 Calculating Fan Power for the Base Case
Tutorial 14.6 Understanding Fan Cycling
Tutorial 14.7 Specifying Room-Air-to-Supply-Air Temperature Difference
Tutorial 14.8 Number of Chillers in the Base Case
Tutorial 14.9 Defining the Chilled-Water Supply Temperature Reset for
the Base Case
Tutorial 14.10 Type and Number of Boilers for the Base Case
Tutorial 14.11 Defining the Hot-Water Supply Temperature Reset
Tutorial 14.12 Hot-Water Pumps
Tutorial 14.13 Defining Exhaust Air Energy Recovery Parameters
Tutorial 14.14 Defining Economiser Parameters
Tutorial 14.15 Finding Unmet Hours after Simulation
Tutorial 14.16 Generating the Performance-Rating Method Compliance
Report in DesignBuilder
Tutorial 14.17 Finding Process Load for the Base Case
Tutorial 14.18 Getting the ASHRAE 62.1 Standard Summary in
DesignBuilder
Tutorial 14.19 Automating Baseline Building Model Creation
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