The paper describes a process that efficiently supports the early building design stage with prototype tools to capture topological floor plan sketches, calculate geometries, explore design alternatives, and generate data for performance simulations, for example for EnergyPlus. It is also shown how such data are used to generate object-model based simulators in the Virtual Building Laboratory e...

A good green building design project, designers should consider not only energy consumption, but also healthy and comfortable needs of inhabitants. In recent years, the Taiwan government paid attentions on both carbon reduction and indoor air quality issues, which be presented in the legislation of Building Codes and other regulations. Taiwan located in hot and humid climates, dampness in build...

The PSTAR (Primary and Secondary Terms Analysis and Renormalization) method was developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to determine the key thermal parameters of a building from short-term outdoor test results. This paper shows an application of the PSTAR method as a quantitative guidance to calibrate a detailed thermal model of a dwelling. An existing dwelling sited in so...

Abstract Indoor thermal comfort significantly influences people’s health, happiness and consequently the output at workplace. Here, a systematic simulation study on conventional vapor compression-based building cooling system integrated with desiccant assisted dedicated outdoor air (DOAS) is performed using EnergyPlus software for warm humid climate zones. Impact of material in DOAS, load requi...

This study uses the Monte Carlo method and building performance simulations to develop an additive model for rapid peak load forecasting at design phase that considers effects of parameters. The generates numerous simulation cases EnergyPlus software is used calculations. Specifically, a total 20 parameters were considered analysing calculations, including day conditions, envelope performance, ...