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BEopt software for building energy optimization : features and capabilities / C. Christensen [and others].
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- Government document
- Series:
- NREL/TP ; 550-39929.
- NREL/TP ; 550-39929
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture and energy conservation--Research.
- Architecture and energy conservation.
- Dwellings--Energy consumption--Measurement.
- Dwellings.
- House construction--Research.
- House construction.
- BEopt (Computer program).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (16 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Golden, Colo. : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, [2006]
- Summary:
- BEopt is a computer program designed to find optimal building designs along the path to ZNE. A user selects from predefined options in various categories to specify options to be considered in the optimization. Energy savings are calculated relative to a reference. The reference can be either a user-defined base-case building or a climate-specific Building America Benchmark building automatically generated by BEopt. The user can also review and modify detailed information on all available options in a linked options library spreadsheet. BEopt calls the DOE2 and TRNSYS simulation engines and uses a sequential search technique to automate the process of identifying optimal building designs along the path to ZNE. BEopt finds these optimal and near-optimal designs based on discrete building options reflecting realistic construction options. BEopt handles special situations with positive or negative interactions between options in different categories. The BEopt software includes a results browser that allows the user to navigate among different design points and retrieve detailed results regarding energy end-use and option costs in different categories. Multiple cases, based on a selected parameter such as climate, can be included in a BEopt project file for comparative purposes.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed January 22, 2008).
- "August 2006."
- OCLC:
- 164596703
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