Building energy simulation: a workbook using designbuilder

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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