MEBS6016 Energy Performance of Buildings

MEBS6016 Energy Performance of Buildings

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Building Energy Analysis Techniques (II)

1. Design Tools and Techniques

2. Building Energy Simulation

3. Software Demonstration

Further Reading:

ERG, 1996. Tools and Techniques for the Design and Evaluation of Energy Efficient Buildings, Chapters 1 to 5, Energy Research Group (ERG), School of Architecture, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. [P 720.472 T67][available at ftp://erg.ucd.ie/public/pdfiles/mb_design_tools.pdf]
Hui, S. C. M., 1998. Simulation based design tools for energy efficient buildings in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Papers in Design and Development, Vol. 1, 1998, pp. 40-46, Department of Architecture, University of Hong Kong. [HTML]
Thomas, P. C., 2002. Building energy performance simulation - a brief introduction, DES 17, In BDP Environment Design Guide [CD-ROM], Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Red Hill, A.C.T., Australia. [AVS 720.47 E61 R8] [PDF]

Web Links:

Building Energy Software Tools Directory [USDOE] http://www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/tools_directory/
Energy-10 (version 1.8)

Info from Sustainable Building Industry Council (SBIC) http://www.sbicouncil.org/enTen/index.html
Info from National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) http://www.nrel.gov/buildings/energy10/

Info from Prof. Larry O. Degelman (A 45-day trial version can be downloaded) http://www.cox-internet.com/larryd/enerwin/

eQUEST, the QUick Energy Simulation Tool (version 3.4) (the program can be downloaded free) http://doe2.com/equest/index.html
VisualDOE (version 3.1) http://www.eley.com/

| Created: Dec 2003 | Update: 22 Feb 2007 | By: cmhui@hku.hk |