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ComStock/COVID-19: U.S. Commercial Building Stock Analysis of COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies

Conference ·
OSTI ID:1799890
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ComStock is a DOE platform, with NREL as the lead developer, that models the U.S. commercial building stock using OpenStudio/EnergyPlus to perform physics-based building energy modeling simulations. The ASHRAE Epidemic Taskforce (ASHRAE-ETF) has released several COVID-19 mitigation strategies for commercial buildings. ComStock was used to analyze the impact of four strategies on the existing commercial building stock. These strategies are upgrading to MERV-13 filters, disabling demand control ventilation (DCV), increasing minimum outdoor air to 100%, and HVAC flushing mode operation. Results show the impact of each measure on energy consumption, electric consumption, gas consumption and peak electric.
Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (EE-5B)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1799890
Report Number(s):
NREL/PR-5500-79335; MainId:33561; UUID:aea0c282-55b0-4c54-a4a1-6b243add45bb; MainAdminID:25666
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
ASHRAE
COVID-19
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building energy modeling
building stock analysis
heating ventilation and air conditioning