The University of Texas at Austin Fall 2011 CAEE Department, Architectural Engineering Program

Course:

Energy Simulation in Building Design

Dr. Atila Novoselac ECJ, 5.422 Office (512) 475-8175 e-mail: atila@mail.utexas.edu http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/Novoselac

Instructor:

Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.

Lecture Objectives:
Discuss the syllabus Describe scope of the course Introduce the course themes Address any of your concerns Heat transfer review

Introduce yourself
Name Background
academic program Graduate/undergraduate or auditing

Motivation for learning about Energy Simulation in Building Design

Buildings: Responsible for ~40% of total energy consumption in U.S. Affect the CO2 emission Building energy systems with the building envelope affect:
Energy consumption operation cost First cost capital cost Thermal comfort and IAQ

Energy analysis for - Optimum balance between operational and capital cost

Motivation: Recognize inaccuracy in energy related technology statements

What do you think about this statement?

In the article an advertiser claim 30% saving on electricity bill.

Energy consumption in Austins residential house

Miscellaneous Washer Range Refrigerator Cooling

2000 (15,600 kWh) Including gas

Lighting Heating Dryer Hot water

Target value for a new house in Austin

New single family 2262 sf, 2-story home
18000 Miscellaneous 15620 kWh 16000 14000 12862 kWh 11304 kWh 12000 Washers Range Refrigerator Lighting Dryer Hot water Heating 10000 8000 Cooling

7086 kWh

6000

4000 2000

0 2000 2006 2010 target (2015)

Student interested in Sustainable Design

LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
1) LEED Certification require that building has analysis related to energy performance 2) All government buildings require energy analysis

What is Energy Analysis ?

Samsung R&B Building UT Solar Decathlon House 2007

Example of energy modeling for building optimization

Design iterations to optimize shape and energy use

Architectural models

Energy-simulation models

Solutions: passive shadings positions and area of windows

insulation value
tightly sealed envelope high-performance window position of solar collectors

Design iterations

Example of Solar Analysis for the Pecan Street Project Demo House
Solar panels

Heat and mass transfer in buildings

Energy simulation software

Garbage IN

Garbage OUT

Simulation Software

Course Objectives
1. Identify basic building elements which affect building energy consumption and analyze the performance of these elements using energy conservation models. 2. Analyze the physics behind various numerical tools used for solving different heat transfer problems in building elements. 3. Use basic numerical methods for solving systems of linear and nonlinear equations.

4. Conduct building energy analysis using comprehensive computer simulation tools.

5. Evaluate performance of building envelope and environmental systems considering energy consumption.

6. Perform parametric analysis to evaluate the effects of design choices and operational strategies of building systems on building energy use.
7. Use building simulations in life-cycle cost analyses for selection of energy-efficient building components.

Prerequisites
ARE 346N Building Environmental Systems ME 320 Thermodynamics or similar courses

Knowledge of the following is beneficial:

- Heat transfer - Numerical methods - Programming

Textbook
Energy Simulation in Building Design J A Clarke, 2002 (2nd Edn)

Textbook
References:
1) 2001 ASHRAE Handbook: Fundamentals.
IP or SI edition, hard copy or CD 2) Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow S V Patankar, 1980 3) Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes John A. Duffie, William A. Beckman, 1991 4) Design of Thermal Systems W. F. Stoecker, 1998

Handouts
Copies of appropriate book sections
Book from the reference list I will mark important sections Disadvantage - different nomenclature and terminology
I will point-out terms nomenclature and terminology differences

Journal papers
Related to application of energy simulation programs

Other books for reading

ASHRAE Fundamentals
Great and very complete reference about HVAC and heat transfer

Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning Mcqusiton, Spittler, Parker (2000)

Basic knowledge about HVAC systems

Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer Incropera, Witt, (2001)

Excellent reference and textbook about fundamental of Heat transfer

Energy simulation (ES) software

We are going to learn to evaluate:
importance of input data effects of simplification and assumptions accuracy of results

for each ES program We are going to talk about several most commonly used ES programs Concentrate on eQUEST for projects and homework's http://www.doe2.com/equest/

Why eQUEST software

It is free - you can take it to your future company It has user-friendly interface It has built in functions for economic analyses It is based on well tested DOE2 ES program

There are certain limitations

limited number of HVAC system

Topics
1. Course Introduction and Background 2. Fundamentals of energy mass transfer 3. Thermal analysis of building components 4. Numerical methods 5. Energy simulation tools 6. Introduction to DOE2(eQUEST) software 7. Building envelope analyses 8. HVAC System analyses 9. Parametric Analyses 0.5 wk 1.5 wks 2 wk 2 wks 1 wk 1 wk 2 wks 2 wks 2 wks

eQuest software

Grading
Test Homework Assignments Midterm Project Final Project & Presentation Classroom Participation 25% 30% 10% 30% 5% 100%

Grading
Undergraduate > 90 A 80-90 B 70-80 C 60-70 D < 60 F Graduate > 93 A 90-93 A86-90 B+ 83-86 B 80-83 B< 80 C-, C, C+

Participation 5%
How to get participation points
Come to class Participate in class Come see me in my office

Midterm Exam 25%

October 25 (will be confirmed) Out of class time exam (2 hours) Problems based on topics cover in first part of the course

Homework 30%
Total 3
HW1
Solar radiation problem

HW2 , HW3
Problems related to building heat transfer modeling

Midterm Project 10%

Individual project 1) Use of eQUEST (or EnergyPlus) simulation tool for building envelope analysis
- Primary goal is to get familiar with the software

2) You can suggest your own problem

- modeling

Final Project 30%

1) Use of simulation tool (commercially available or your) for detail energy analysis
- Energy analysis of building envelope and HVAC systems - Problems related to your future career - Problems related to your internship

2) Problem related your MS or PhD thesis

- You propose

Project seminar

Project Topic Example

Pecan Street Project - Demonstration House
Real project building connected to smart grid Optimization of
Envelope HVAC systems Solar panels

Facade Thermal Lab at UT SOA

Design and optimization of thermal storage systems

Course Website
All course information:
http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/Novoselac/classes/ARE383/

Your grades and progress on Blackboard

Look at assignments and handout sections Class notes posted in the morning before the class

PLEASE LET ME KNOW ABOUT ERRORS

Units System
We will use both SI and IP unit system Research: SI HVAC industry including architectural and consulting companies IP First part of the course Second part of the course more SI more IP

My Issues
Please try to use office hours for questions problems and other reasons for visit Please dont use e-mail to ask me questions which require long explanations
Call me or come to see me

I accept suggestions
The more specific the better

Any Questions ?

Assignment 0
Your motivation and expectation Due on Tuesday

Review - Heat transfer

Convection

Conduction
Radiation

Example Problem radiant barrier in attic