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    Making Better Buildings discusses the iterative process of design/analysis and the history of building energy simulation models. It provides an overview of important considerations for building energy modeling including gathering accurate model inputs, understanding the appropriate questions to ask and applications of simulation tools to assess building form and massing, daylighting, envelope performance, airflow, and natural ventilation. The document emphasizes maintaining rigor, knowing the appropriate simulation tools for different analyses, and testing modeling results.

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    Making Better Buildings discusses the iterative process of design/analysis and the history of building energy simulation models. It provides an overview of important considerations for building energy modeling including gathering accurate model inputs, understanding the appropriate questions to ask and applications of simulation tools to assess building form and massing, daylighting, envelope performance, airflow, and natural ventilation. The document emphasizes maintaining rigor, knowing the appropriate simulation tools for different analyses, and testing modeling results.

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    Making Better Buildings discusses the iterative process of design/analysis and the history of building energy simulation models. It provides an overview of important considerations for building energy modeling including gathering accurate model inputs, understanding the appropriate questions to ask and applications of simulation tools to assess building form and massing, daylighting, envelope performance, airflow, and natural ventilation. The document emphasizes maintaining rigor, knowing the appropriate simulation tools for different analyses, and testing modeling results.

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    Making Better Buildings discusses the iterative process of design/analysis and the history of building energy simulation models. It provides an overview of important considerations for building energy modeling including gathering accurate model inputs, understanding the appropriate questions to ask and applications of simulation tools to assess building form and massing, daylighting, envelope performance, airflow, and natural ventilation. The document emphasizes maintaining rigor, knowing the appropriate simulation tools for different analyses, and testing modeling results.

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    Making Better

    Buildings
    John Breshears, AIA, EI, LEED AP
    Design / Analysis:
    the iterative process

    Ideally:
    in-house
    interactive
    immediate
    inexpensive

    Design/Analysis
    some are useful

    All Models Are Wrong


    degree day methods (1930-1973)
    (fixed temperature balance point)

    bin methods (1973 – 1980)


    (shifting temperature balance point)

    multi-zone hourly calculations (1980 - )


    (hour-by-hour energy balance calculations)

    History of Simulation
    Model Inputs
    hvac thermal optical climate
    system properties properties data

    garbage in garbage out


    schedule geometry

    Model Inputs
    Concepts: SD / DD: DD / CD: CD:
    looking for looking for testing feasibility verifying
    direction boundaries compliance

    Simulation for Validation


    What questions
    are you asking?
    Loads
    how much does your building need to manage?

    Systems
    how does it manage it?
    Loads – Annual Distribution
    Loads – Monthly Distribution
    Loads – Monthly Distribution
    Loads – Hourly Distribution
    massing daylight heating & cooling
    BLOCK

    EAST
    HORSESHOE

    WEST
    HORSESHOE

    ATRIUM

    Form and Massing


    Daylight and Shading:
    Daylight entry
    Daylight distribution

    Ecotect
    Daysim
    IES Suncast

    (ray tracing –radiance, AGI, other)


    Images to follow

    Daylight - Distribution
    Option 1: No shading

    Sloped Ceiling
    Quantities:
    Quantities:
    Envelope: Design Advisor
    Envelope: Design Advisor
    Envelope: Design Advisor
    Envelope: Design Advisor
    Envelope: Design Advisor
    Envelope: Design Advisor
    Envelope: COMFEN
    Envelope: COMFEN
    Envelope: COMFEN
    Bulk Air Flow
    Contam (multizonal)
    LoopDA
    NiteCool
    IES Macroflo

    CFD
    ** caution **

    Air Movement
    Air Movement: CONTAM
    multizone bulk airflow model (NIST)
    Air Movement : CONTAM modified for
    natural ventilation (NIST)
    Air Movement : CONTAM modified for
    natural ventilation (NIST)
    Air Movement : IES MacroFlo
    Bulk Airflow Analysis
    Maintain your rigor
    Know your tools
    Test your results

    Close-Coupled Design and

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