Work in progress: estimation of building energy use

✍ Scribed by M.J. Wooldridge; S.K. Moller

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 302 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0010-4485
• DOI: 10.1016/0010-4485(82)90007-0

✦ Synopsis

a means of estimating likely energy use by building services, to be used during both the design phase of new buildings, and as an aid where decisions are being made for plant or fuel substitution in existing buildings. The complex relationships that exist between a building and its service systems, operating under a variety of climatic conditions, make estimation of building energy use a problem suitable for solution on a digital computer. Both Divisions have considerable experience in and a prior commitment to the prediction of the thermal behaviour of buildings and their plant. The project divides naturally into two parts, residential buildings and non-residential buildings. This paper covers the work on non-residential buildings, which is being undertaken in the Division of Mechanical Engineering.

The project work formally commenced in August 1979, this paper covering the period up to December 1980. During that time the activities reported include on assessment of software already available, end identification of the A ustralian requirement, end a review of the methodology available to meet that requirement. Upon the basis of this work, o suitable method is being developed for the Australian package. An important factor in the project is the assistance being provided by an advisory group of engineers, drawn from likely Government and private industry users.