Building energy simulation and optimization of industrial halls

Industrial halls are characterized with their rectangular shape and relatively simple construction, as contrasted with office buildings with similar floor area. Industrial halls are usually subject to high energy demand due to the many manufacturing processes, lighting, and the corresponding amount spent on space conditioning. Thermal comfort is seldom a concern for industrial halls. By contrast, saving in energy consumption for lighting and space conditioning is a big issue since even the modest percentage change in energy consumption could be translated into a large monetary sum. With relatively loose requirement in space conditioning, and comparatively high internal heat gain; the approach in industrial hall design is quite different from that of office building. In fact, what poses to be an energy efficient design for office buildings might not be appropriate for high internal heat gain halls. The simplicity in the building geometry and the construction method allow the investigation of energy demand for space conditioning to be limited to a few number of demand side parameters (e.g. insulation value of walls); in which, change in values in some of the parameters presents a significant impact on the overall energy demand. This paper investigates the impact of varying different demand side parameters on the energy demand for space conditioning and lighting for a typical industrial hall. Through building energy simulation, such impact can be investigated; and by applying optimization, the configurations of the most optimal combinations of parameters with the lowest energy demand can be identified. The result indicates that the energy demand of the least efficient configuration can be more than double of that of the optimized design solution. This paper will also explore green building assessment systems such as LEED, in terms of energy performance, with the studied industrial hall as an example. The huge energy saving brought by the optimized design solution over the baseline building of LEED suggests that there might be a potential deficiency of LEED rating system at its current state as it applies to industrial halls

PV-systemen voor industriele hallen

Het relatief grote dakoppervlak van veel industriële hallen biedt een kans om photovoltaische (pv) systemen te benutten. In verschillende landen wordt een zogenaamd ‘Feed-in Tariff’, FiT, beschikbaar gesteld om het hoge aankoopbedrag van pv-systemen te compenseren. Voor verschillende scenario’s is met behulp van simulaties een kosten-batenanalyse van pv-systemen uitgevoerd. Daarnaast is de invloed van verschillende economische parameters onderzocht

Combining point cloud and surface methods for modeling partial shading impacts of trees on urban solar irradiance

Although trees and urban vegetation have a significant influence on solar irradiation in the built environment, their impact on daylight and energy consumption is often not considered in building performance and urban environment simulation studies. This paper presents a novel method for comprehensive solar irradiance assessment that considers the dynamic partial shading impacts from trees. The proposed method takes urban point clouds as input and consists of three subsequent steps: (a) DGCNN-based segmentation, (b) fusion model generation, (c) matrix-based irradiance calculation. The method is validated by comparing model outputs with field measurement data, and an inter-model comparison with eleven state-of-the-art tree shading modeling approaches. Analyses carried out on daily and long-term basis show that the proposed fusion model can significantly reduce simulation errors compared to alternative approaches, while limiting the required input data to a minimum. The primary source of uncertainty stems from mismatches between tree morphology in the fusion model and reality, attributable to phenological growth and seasonal variations.</p

Investigating the potential of a novel low-energy house concept with hybrid adaptable thermal storage

In conventional buildings thermal mass is a permanent building characteristic depending on the building design. However, none of the permanent thermal mass concepts are optimal in all operational conditions. We propose a concept that combines the benefits of buildings with low and high thermal mass by applying hybrid adaptable thermal storage (HATS) systems and materials to a lightweight building. The HATS concept increases building performance and the robustness to changing user behavior, seasonal variations and future climate changes. Building performance simulation is used to investigate the potential of the novel concept for reducing heating energy demand and increasing thermal comfort. Simulation results of a case study in the Netherlands show that the optimal quantity of the thermal mass is sensitive to the change of seasons. This implies that the building performance will benefit from implementing HATS. Furthermore, the potential of HATS is quantified using a simplified HATS model. Calculations show heating energy demand reductions of up to 35% and increased thermal comfort compared to conventional thermal mass concepts

Modeling and identification of an RRR-robot

A dynamic model of a robot with 3 rotational degrees of freedom is derived in closed form. A systematic procedure for estimation of model dynamic parameters is suggested. It consists of the following steps: (i) identification of friction model parameters for each joint; (ii) calculation of optimal exciting trajectories, required for estimation of the remaining dynamic model parameters; (iii) estimation of these parameters using a least-squares method. The estimated model satisfactory reconstructs experimental control signals, justifying its use in model-based nonlinear control

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Use marketing strategy in the intrnet space

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Energy and comfort advice for consumers designing their own house : a connection between iBuild and IWCS

Introduction In the (Dutch) construction industry relatively little attention is paid to low-energy and comfortable housing. It is often limited to prescribed rules by the government. For low-energy and comfortable solutions beyond the minimum legal requirements in one’s own home, someone almost has to be an environmental ‘enthusiast.’ Many people don’t realise that a sustainable building offers besides environmental benefits also other important qualities such as improved health and comfort. Especially the last aspects are important for consumers. Therefore people should be informed about these ‘extra’ benefits of low-energy and comfortable building during for example the designing or buying process. On the one hand people get a more comfortable house (and life) and on the other hand it is positive for the environment and the future population. This paper introduces a project which aims to develop a consumer design support system which is based on combining an architectural design support system with building performance prediction software