Year: 2017
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Typical geometry construction for energy models involves tedious line and plane drawing, which significantly slows down model creation when a simple energy model is desired. However, most buildings can be approximated as basic shapes, suggesting a way to make this process much faster. This study uses 14 basic shapes derived from a review of university campus buildings and the Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS). These basic shapes cover more than eighty percent of buildings on the demonstration campus, with the rest modeled by a combination of shapes or a custom polygon. The basic shape, number of floors, floor height, perimeter zone depth, window to wall ratios, and window type are all that are needed to quickly generate the geometry for an energy model with the OpenStudio API. This method is demonstrated for neighborhoods at the University of Maryland.
Source: Procedia Engineering
Institution: University of Maryland, College Park
Language: English
Subfield: Building and Construction
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Awards: EFRI-SEED: Creating Opportunities for Adaptation Based on Population in Urban Landscape for Sustainable Built Environment (PULSE), EFRI-SEED: Creating Opportunities for Adaptation Based on PULSE (Population in Urban Landscape for Sustainable Built Environment), G427149982, G509582982, G7013248562
OpenAlex ID: W2765519909