Empirical validation of building energy modeling using flexible research platform

Piljae Im; Joshua R. New; Jaewan Joe

Empirical validation of building energy modeling using flexible research platform

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Abstract

Recently, efforts have been made to provide reliable empirical data for ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 140, Standard Method of Test for the Evaluation of Building Energy Analysis Computer Programs, to enable improved accuracy of building energy model (BEM) engines and improved characterization of their accuracy. The motivation for this effort is that the use of reliable empirical validation data sets in the evaluation of building energy modeling tools will lead to more consistent and validated simulation engines across all software vendors. This would expedite the use of building energy modeling in designing new buildings and retrofitting existing buildings, which delivers more energy-efficient buildings. As part of a three-year multi-lab empirical validation project sponsored by U.S. DOE, this research project generated cooling season test plans by reviewing ASHRAE Standard 140, and the tests were performed based on the test plan. Finally, the experimental data sets were compared with the EnergyPlus model to demonstrate the validation procedure.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	16th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Building Simulation 2019
Editors	Vincenzo Corrado, Enrico Fabrizio, Andrea Gasparella, Francesco Patuzzi
Publisher	International Building Performance Simulation Association
Pages	4515-4521
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781713809418
State	Published - 2019
Event	16th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Building Simulation 2019 - Rome, Italy Duration: Sep 2 2019 → Sep 4 2019

Publication series

Name	Building Simulation Conference Proceedings
Volume	7
ISSN (Print)	2522-2708

Conference

Conference	16th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Building Simulation 2019
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rome
Period	09/2/19 → 09/4/19

Funding

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, and Building Technologies Office. This research used resources of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Building Technologies Research and Integration (BTRIC), which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility. This work was funded by fieldwork proposal CEBT105 under DOE Building Technology Office Activity Numbers BT0302000 and BT0305000. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under Contract Number DEAC05-00OR22725 with DOE. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes.

Funders	Funder number
DOE Building Technology	BT0305000, BT0302000, DEAC05-00OR22725
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Office of Science, and Building Technologies Office
United States Government
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Science

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Im, P., New, J. R., & Joe, J. (2019). Empirical validation of building energy modeling using flexible research platform. In V. Corrado, E. Fabrizio, A. Gasparella, & F. Patuzzi (Eds.), 16th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Building Simulation 2019 (pp. 4515-4521). (Building Simulation Conference Proceedings; Vol. 7). International Building Performance Simulation Association.

Im, Piljae ; New, Joshua R. ; Joe, Jaewan. / Empirical validation of building energy modeling using flexible research platform. 16th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Building Simulation 2019. editor / Vincenzo Corrado ; Enrico Fabrizio ; Andrea Gasparella ; Francesco Patuzzi. International Building Performance Simulation Association, 2019. pp. 4515-4521 (Building Simulation Conference Proceedings).

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Empirical validation of building energy modeling using flexible research platform

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