Enhancements to ASHRAE Standard 90.1 Prototype Building Models

Goel, Supriya; Athalye, Rahul A.; Wang, Weimin; Zhang, Jian; Rosenberg, Michael; Xie, YuLong; Hart, Philip; Mendon, Vrushali V.

doi:10.2172/1129366

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“…We consider a commercial building HVAC system described as a single duct central air handling unit (AHU) with variable air volume (VAV) terminal boxes with reheat coils, serving the load characteristic to a small office building model from the DOE commercial building prototypes [17], [18]; in a hot and dry climate where humidity effects can be ignored. The building has five zones with office and conference room utilization schedules.…”

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confidence: 99%

Optimal Energy Consumption Forecast for Grid Responsive Buildings: A Sensitivity Analysis

Kundu

Ramachandran

Chen

et al. 2018

2018 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)

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It is envisioned that building systems will become active participants in the smart grid operation by controlling their energy consumption to optimize complex criteria beyond ensuring local end-use comfort satisfaction. A forecast of the building energy consumption will be necessary to enable integration between building and grid operation. Such forecast will be affected by parametric and measurement uncertainty. In this paper we develop a methodology for quantifying the sensitivity of optimal hourly energy consumption forecasts to various sources model and measurement uncertainty. We demonstrate the approach for a building heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system use-case.

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confidence: 99%

Optimal Energy Consumption Forecast for Grid Responsive Buildings: A Sensitivity Analysis

Kundu

Ramachandran

Chen

et al. 2018

2018 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)

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“…The indirect environmental impact factors were calculated using the prototype building models of three building types in two climate zones, listed in The standard EnergyPlus models can be downloaded from DOE's websites for existing and new buildings. 4,5 The building models listed on the DOE websites match the specifications of Deru et al [27] and the enhancements and changes described by Goel et al [28]. Reference (existing) and prototype (new) building models are available for seventeen (17) different types of commercial buildings in fifteen (15) climate zones [27,28].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To reduce variability in energy savings calculations due to subjective selection of input parameters, standardized and appropriate sets of building models are required. For commercial buildings, Shrestha et al [17] recommended the use of a standardized set of building models derived from DOE's commercial reference and prototype building models [27,28], and typical meteorological year (TMY) 3 weather files for the locations of interest.…”

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“…4,5 The building models listed on the DOE websites match the specifications of Deru et al [27] and the enhancements and changes described by Goel et al [28]. Reference (existing) and prototype (new) building models are available for seventeen (17) different types of commercial buildings in fifteen (15) climate zones [27,28]. The purpose of these building models is to allow consistency in modeling approaches.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Insulation materials for commercial buildings in North America: An assessment of lifetime energy and environmental impacts

Biswas

Shrestha

Bhandari

et al. 2016

Energy and Buildings

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In the United States, commercial buildings accounted for about 19 percent of the total primary energy consumption in 2012. Further, 29 percent of the 'site' energy in commercial buildings was consumed for space heating and cooling. Applying insulation materials to building envelopes is an effective way of reducing energy consumption for heating and cooling, and limiting the negative environmental impacts from the buildings sector. While insulation materials have a net positive impact on the environment due to reduced energy consumption, they also have some negative impacts associated with their 'embodied energy'. The total lifetime environmental impacts of insulation materials are a summation of: (1) direct impacts due to their embodied energy, and (2) indirect or impacts avoided due to the reduced building energy consumption. Here, assessments of the lifetime environmental impacts of selected insulation materials for commercial buildings in North America are presented. Direct and indirect environmental impact factors were estimated for the cradle-to-grave insulation life cycle stages. Impact factors were calculated for two categories: primary energy consumption and global warming potential. The direct impact factors were calculated using data from existing literature and a life cycle assessment software. The indirect impact factors were calculated through simulations of a set of standard whole-building models.

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“…As part of DOE's support for ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 (ASHRAE, 2016a) and the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) (ICC, 2015), researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) apply a suite of prototype buildings covering approximately 80% of the U.S. commercial building floor area (Goel et al, 2014;Deru et al, 2011). These buildings include new and existing construction, midto high-rise residential buildings and span all U.S. climate zones.…”

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Development of a Supermarket Prototype Building Model

Im¹,

Fricke²,

New³

et al. 2018

Healthy, Intelligent and Resilient Buildings and Urban Environments

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The U.S. Department of Energy supports the development of commercial building energy codes and standards by participating in industry reviews, update processes, and providing technical analyses to support both published model codes and potential changes. In support of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 and the International Energy Conservation Code, 16 commercial prototype building models were developed that cover 80% of the commercial building floor area in the United States for new construction, including both commercial buildings and midto high-rise residential buildings, across all U.S. climate zones. However, the current set of commercial prototype building models does not include a supermarket building type, which is one of major building types defined in the Energy Information Administration's Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey. As part of an ongoing effort to expand the current Commercial Building Prototype Model suite, this paper presents the procedure used to develop the prototype supermarket building model based on multiple studies as well as a previously developed reference building model. The final set of prototype models includes 68 models for different vintages of ASHRAE Standard 90.1 (i.e.

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Enhancements to ASHRAE Standard 90.1 Prototype Building Models

Cited by 45 publications

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Optimal Energy Consumption Forecast for Grid Responsive Buildings: A Sensitivity Analysis

Optimal Energy Consumption Forecast for Grid Responsive Buildings: A Sensitivity Analysis

Insulation materials for commercial buildings in North America: An assessment of lifetime energy and environmental impacts

Development of a Supermarket Prototype Building Model

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