Book chapter
Tools for sustainable development: a comparison of building performance simulation packages
Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards II, v 127, pp 53-64
2009
Abstract
The paper evaluates the energy performance of a test case (a single family home) using three different simulation software packages - REM Design, Energy Gauge and Treat. It will discuss the results of each simulation run and the reasons for variations in the results. The inputs for each of the three different simulation tools are heating, cooling, and water heating loads, building shell (exterior walls, roof, foundation, windows, doors) features, air leakage and electric consumption (lighting and appliances). The paper will also highlight the differences in data input for all three software and will underscore areas where improvements to the capabilities offered by the tools and the entities used to define simulation models can be made.
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Details
- Title
- Tools for sustainable development: a comparison of building performance simulation packages
- Creators
- S. Hoque - Drexel University, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental EngineeringA. Sharma - University of Massachusetts Boston
- Publication Details
- Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards II, v 127, pp 53-64
- Conference
- Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards II (South Africa, 15 Dec 2009–17 Dec 2009)
- Series
- WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
- Publisher
- Wit Press
- Number of pages
- 2
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000274788300005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84865542198
- Other Identifier
- 991021883812504721
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