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Title: Building energy analysis tool

Abstract

A building energy analysis system includes a building component library configured to store a plurality of building components, a modeling tool configured to access the building component library and create a building model of a building under analysis using building spatial data and using selected building components of the plurality of building components stored in the building component library, a building analysis engine configured to operate the building model and generate a baseline energy model of the building under analysis and further configured to apply one or more energy conservation measures to the baseline energy model in order to generate one or more corresponding optimized energy models, and a recommendation tool configured to assess the one or more optimized energy models against the baseline energy model and generate recommendations for substitute building components or modifications.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1246891
Patent Number(s):
9310403
Application Number:
13/493,858
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES
G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Jun 11
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY; 42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Brackney, Larry, Parker, Andrew, Long, Nicholas, Metzger, Ian, Dean, Jesse, and Lisell, Lars. Building energy analysis tool. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
Brackney, Larry, Parker, Andrew, Long, Nicholas, Metzger, Ian, Dean, Jesse, & Lisell, Lars. Building energy analysis tool. United States.
Brackney, Larry, Parker, Andrew, Long, Nicholas, Metzger, Ian, Dean, Jesse, and Lisell, Lars. Tue . "Building energy analysis tool". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1246891.
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