TY - GEN
T1 - Simulating the impact of feedback on energy consumption and emission production in commercial buildings using agent-based approach
AU - Bastani, Mohammad Saeed
AU - Asadi, Somayeh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 ASCE.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Energy simulation software programs help designers and energy managers to have a better understanding about building energy consumption in the design phase, but there are some occupancy related factors that are missing in these software programs. Neglecting each of these factors may lead to underestimation or overestimation of energy consumption in commercial buildings during working hours. Also, energy managers cannot have a reliable comparison about efficiency of different energy saving policies due to abandoning these factors. In this regards, the current paper proposes an agent-based approach to simulate the impact of occupancy behavior on energy consumption and emission production of commercial buildings. A model was developed and then implemented in a case study to investigate the potential energy efficiency improvement of a simulation with dynamic occupancy parameters. The results of the developed model showed 19% discrepancy with eQuest as a conventional energy simulation software program over 27 months long period.
AB - Energy simulation software programs help designers and energy managers to have a better understanding about building energy consumption in the design phase, but there are some occupancy related factors that are missing in these software programs. Neglecting each of these factors may lead to underestimation or overestimation of energy consumption in commercial buildings during working hours. Also, energy managers cannot have a reliable comparison about efficiency of different energy saving policies due to abandoning these factors. In this regards, the current paper proposes an agent-based approach to simulate the impact of occupancy behavior on energy consumption and emission production of commercial buildings. A model was developed and then implemented in a case study to investigate the potential energy efficiency improvement of a simulation with dynamic occupancy parameters. The results of the developed model showed 19% discrepancy with eQuest as a conventional energy simulation software program over 27 months long period.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784479070.008
DO - 10.1061/9780784479070.008
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84926480292
T3 - AEI 2015: Birth and Life of the Integrated Building - Proceedings of the AEI Conference 2015
SP - 78
EP - 90
BT - AEI 2015
A2 - Raebel, Christopher H.
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - Architectural Engineering National Conference 2015: Birth and Life of the Integrated Building, AEI 2015
Y2 - 24 March 2015 through 27 March 2015
ER -