Roles of building simulation tools in sustainable building design

Zhai, Zhiqiang; McNeill, James

doi:10.1007/s12273-013-0169-9

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“…In fact, BPS is necessary when designing nearly zero-energy buildings (NZEBs) as informed decision-making leads to improved energy performance [11]. BPS can be conducted during the various stages of the design process, including pre-design, schematic and design development stages, to design and select the most efficient solution and can be used after construction to verify the performance of building systems [12][13][14]. Generally, the use of BPS is growing as BPS software are developing into practical tools to apply in real projects.…”

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Application of Building Performance Simulation to Design Energy-Efficient Homes: Case Study from Saudi Arabia

Ahmed

Asif

Alrashed³

2019

Sustainability

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The per capita energy usage in Saudi Arabia is almost three times higher than the global average. A major contributor is the residential sector which consumes almost 50% of the total national energy consumption every year. Environmental and economic pressures along with the Saudi Vision 2030 reform program advocate for an improvement in energy consumption patterns. For a sustainable residential sector, energy-efficient solutions should be adopted in the design process preferably based on building performance simulation (BPS). This study investigates the existing status and future prospects of BPS in the construction industry of Saudi Arabia. A survey has been carried out with building industry professionals to investigate the existing practices in terms of use of BPS. Energy and environmental savings achievable through application of BPS have been estimated by modelling a typical residential villa as a case study. The results indicate that presently BPS is not being adequately applied by the building industry and a number of barriers exist which need to be addressed. The case study simulation indicates that electricity consumption of a villa based on a BPS-based design process is 51.3% less than the existing typical residential villa.

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Application of Building Performance Simulation to Design Energy-Efficient Homes: Case Study from Saudi Arabia

Ahmed

Asif

Alrashed³

2019

Sustainability

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“…However, without detailed prediction and planning for the types and volumes of recycled building materials, it can be time-consuming and expensive for contractors and recyclers to conduct a material recycling process [32]. If a building is • Wu and Issa [110] • Zhai and McNeill [117] • Hammond et al [50] • Frank et al [43] • • Jalaei and Jrade [55] • Wu et al [111] • Zuo and Zhao [118] • Wong and Kuan [104] • Inyim et al [54] • Volk et al [101] • • • Lin and Gerber [71] • Katranuschkov et al [58] • Kandil et al [119] • Gandhi and Jupp [44] • Russell-Smith and Lepech [90] • • • • • Wong et al [106] • Eadie et al [40] • Costa et al [36] • Cooley and Cholakis [120] • Costin et al [37] • Clevenger and Khan [34] • Cheng and Ma [32] • Chi et al [33] • • • Wong and Lau [105] • Yeheyis et al [113] • • Wong and Fan [107] • Buyle et al [27] • König et al [61] • Jrade and Jalaei [57] • Motawa and Almarshad [79] • Motawa and Carter [80] • • • • • • Liao et al [70] • Wu and Issa [108] • Rajendran et al [89] • Rajendran and Gomez [88] • • Cheng and Ma [31] • Jiang et al [56] • Bynum et al [28] • • Azhar et al [15] • Chang et al …”

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Enhancing environmental sustainability over building life cycles through green BIM: A review

Wong

Zhou

2015

Automation in Construction

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“…For energy model calculations, various tactics including building energy simulation, statistical analysis according to the calculations, and experimental measured data can be performed to analyze the energy use of the buildings 10 . In initial energy modeling approach, forward energy simulations are applied, which can be classified as the degree‐day method, bin method, or hourly computer simulation tools to predict the annual energy consumption and costs 11 …”

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Building stock energy modeling: Feasibility study on selection of important input parameters using stepwise regression

Arababadi

Naganathan

Pour

et al. 2020

Energy Science & Engineering

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Building energy assessment is essential to accomplish the sustainable energy targets of new and present buildings. Retrofitting of the existing buildings by assessing them through energy models is the most prominent method. Studies revealed that there is still blank information about the building stocks, and these affect the valuation of building energy efficiency policies. Literature also recommends that the existing energy models are too complex and unreliable to predict the energy use. Reliability of such energy models would improve through a better alignment of the input parameters and the model assumptions. The authors hypothesized that the reliability of models would be improved through identification of the most relevant energy use parameters for the building stocks in different regions and models. One of the most commonly accepted methods for detecting the most dominant input parameters is sensitivity analysis, though its shortcomings include the need for a large number of data samples and long computing time. In this research, the Energy, Carbon, and Cost Assessment for Buildings Stocks (ECCABS) model is adopted to identify the most important parameters of the presented model. The research team uses the model that has been validated by studies conducted for the UK building stock. Moreover, by assessing the feasibility study with the stepwise regression to identify the significant input parameters have been discussed. Results show that stepwise regression method could produce the same results compared to sensitivity analysis. This paper also indicates that stepwise regression is considerably faster and less computationally intensive compared to common sensitivity analysis methods.

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Roles of building simulation tools in sustainable building design

Cited by 16 publications

References 3 publications

Application of Building Performance Simulation to Design Energy-Efficient Homes: Case Study from Saudi Arabia

Application of Building Performance Simulation to Design Energy-Efficient Homes: Case Study from Saudi Arabia

Enhancing environmental sustainability over building life cycles through green BIM: A review

Building stock energy modeling: Feasibility study on selection of important input parameters using stepwise regression

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