3.1 Building Energy Simulation

Index

Contents 

Basic Concepts 
Basic Concepts - building energy analysis 
Basic Concepts - methods and applications 
Basic Concepts - design tools 
Basic Concepts - energy consumption and costs 
Basic Concepts - building energy simulation 
Basic Concepts - load and energy calculations 
Basic Concepts - simulation flow 
Basic Concepts - simulation results and targets 
Basic Concepts - major elements 
Basic Concepts - major elements 
Basic Concepts - input and output 
Basic Concepts - building energy software 
Basic Concepts - building energy software 

Simulation Tools 
Simulation Tools - general information 
Simulation Tools - examples of simulation tools 
Simulation Tools - examples of simulation tools 
Simulation Tools - lighting/daylighting software 
Simulation Tools - output from Lumen Micro 
Simulation Tools - interior lighting 
Simulation Tools - outdoor lighting 
Simulation Tools - which analysis methods to use? 
Simulation Tools - selection of program 
Simulation Tools - be realistics 

Practical Use 
Practical Use - simplified and detailed tools 
Practical Use: Energy-10 
Practical Use: Energy-10 
Practical Use: Energy-10 - design process 
Practical Use: Energy-10 - features 
Practical Use: Energy-10 - steps 
Practical Use: Energy-10 - AutoBuild 
Practical Use: Energy-10 - input screen 
Practical Use: Energy-10 - annual energy use 
Practical Use: Energy-10 - annual emissions 
Practical Use: Energy-10 - AutoSize 
Practical Use: Energy-10 - APPLY & RANK 
Practical Use: Energy-10 - strategies 
Practical Use: Energy-10 - graphic output 
Practical Use: Energy-10 - graphic output 
Practical Use: Energy-10 - graphic output 
Practical Use: Energy-10 - graphic output 
Practical Use: Energy-10 - demonstration 

Practical Use: ENER-WIN 
Practical Use: ENER-WIN - demonstration 

Practical Use: DOE-2 
Practical Use: DOE-2 - program structure 
Practical Use: DOE-2 - uses and strengths 
Practical Use: DOE-2 - demonstration 

Web links 
Web links

E-mail: cmhui@hku.hk 

Homepage: http://arch.hku.hk/teaching/ 
  

Building Energy Software Tools
    http://www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/tools_directory
Building Energy Modelling and Simulation Self-Learning Modules
    http://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/ESRU/courseware/Class-mod+sim/
Procuring low-energy design and consulting services
    http://www.eren.doe.gov/femp/techassist/low_energy.html
Energy-10
    http://www.nrel.gov/buildings/energy10/
ENER-WIN
    http://archone.tamu.edu/~energy/enerwin.html
DOE-2
    http://gundog.lbl.gov/dirsoft/d2whatis.html