Using EnergyPlus to Simulate the Dynamic Response of a Residential Building to Advanced Cooling Strategies: Preprint

Conference · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012

OSTI ID:1051157

Booten, C; Tabares-Velasco, P C

This study demonstrates the ability of EnergyPlus to accurately model complex cooling strategies in a real home with a goal of shifting energy use off peak and realizing energy savings. The house was retrofitted through the Sacramento Municipal Utility District's (SMUD) deep energy retrofit demonstration program; field tests were operated by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Theexperimental data were collected as part of a larger study and are used here to validate simulation predictions.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1051157
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-5500-55583; TRN: US201218%%1263
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Building Energy and Environment, 1-4 August 2012, Boulder, Colorado
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
FIELD TESTS
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SIMULATION
pre-cooling
energy savings
building energy simulation
control strategies
building envelope
EnergyPlus
modeling
simulation accuracy