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BUILDING ENVELOPE OPTIMIZATION USING EMERGY ANALYSIS
Citation:
Srinivasan, R., W. Braham, Daniel E. Campbell, AND C. Curcija. BUILDING ENVELOPE OPTIMIZATION USING EMERGY ANALYSIS. In Proceedings, International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), Sydney, AUSTRALIA, November 14 - 16, 2011. International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), College Station, TX, 358-365, (2011).
Impact/Purpose:
This paper used emergy analysis to develop a method to identify the optimal solution for a building envelope system, so that it will perform to its maximum potential given the mix of energy sources used for heating and cooling. The proposed method aids in the selection of building envelope materials and designs based on the total environmental impact for a particular building project. This is potentially a highly significant paper, because it provides a new and comprehensive method for matching building envelope construction materials and options with energy choices for heating and cooling to most efficiently create and maintain the comfort zone within buildings in an optimum manner that recognizes global sustainability.
Description:
Energy analysis is an integral component of sustainable building practices. Energy analysis coupled with optimization techniques may offer solutions for greater energy efficiency over the lifetime of the building. However, all such computationsemploy the energy used for operations to benchmark and develop optimal solutions. This paper used emergy analysis to develop a method to identify the optimal solution for a building envelope system so that it will perform to its maximum potential giventhe mix of energy sources used for heating and cooling. The proposed method aids in the selection of building envelope materials and designs based on the total environmental impact for a particular building project.
