Open AccessValidation and calibration of dynamic energy models: energy audit of a public building
Author(s) -
Stefano Bergero,
Anna Chiari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2116/1/012107
Subject(s) - calibration , building energy simulation , audit , energy (signal processing) , environmental science , software , computer science , occupancy , simulation , civil engineering , energy performance , engineering , statistics , accounting , mathematics , business , programming language
Detailed buildings energy audits require dynamic simulation models based on hourly input data. This paper presents the calibration and validation of an office building energy model for the heating and cooling services. Simulation are carried out by DesignBuilder software. Measured hourly heating and cooling energy supplied by the generation system are used for the calibration of the model. Employee behaviour with reference to occupancy profiles and indoor temperature settings is also considered. A good agreement between measured and simulated data is obtained for both heating and cooling seasons.