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The role of modeling when designing for absolute energy use intensity requirements in a design-build framework : preprint / Adam Hirsch [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- Conference paper (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)) ; 5500-49067.
- NREL/CP ; 5500-49067
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Office buildings--Energy consumption--Computer simulation.
- Office buildings.
- Architecture and energy conservation.
- energy efficient buildings.
- Genre:
- technical reports.
- Technical reports
- Technical reports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (9 pages) : color illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- [Golden, CO] : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, [2011]
- Summary:
- The Research Support Facility was designed to use half the energy of an equivalent minimally code-compliant building, and to produce as much renewable energy as it consumes on an annual basis. These energy goals and their substantiation through simulation were explicitly included in the project's fixed firm price design-build contract. The energy model had to be continuously updated during the design process and to match the final building as-built to the greatest degree possible. Computer modeling played a key role throughout the design process and in verifying that the contractual energy goals would be met within the specified budget. The main tool was a whole building energy simulation program. Other models were used to provide more detail or to complement the whole building simulation tool. Results from these specialized models were fed back into the main whole building simulation tool to provide the most accurate possible inputs for annual simulations. This paper will detail the models used in the design process and how they informed important program and design decisions on the path from preliminary design to the completed building.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed March 21, 2011).
- "March 2011."
- "Presented at the ASHRAE Winter Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 29 - February 2, 2011."
- Includes bibliographical references (page 9).
- OCLC:
- 707937867
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