SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE

Whole Building Performance - VII

DR AVLOKITA AGRAWAL
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING

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• This lecture further demonstrates the development of the proposed
case simulation model through modeling of active building systems
such as Lighting and HVAC (Heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning), setting up the hourly simulation, and visualizing the
simulation results, using DesignBuilder.

• Following slides, which are common to Lectures 51 to 60, include

the Input information required to carry out simulations.

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 Input Data
• Building
Units Base Case Proposed Case
Site
Location New Delhi New Delhi
Weather File India - New Delhi - ISHRAE India - New Delhi - ISHRAE
Building
Building Type Commercial Office Commercial Office
Layout and Zones As per Plan As per Plan
Gross floor area sq. m. 2000 2000
Total Conditioned floor area sq. m. 1900 1900
Number of floors- above grade number 2 2
Number of floors-below grade number 0 0
Floor to floor height m 3.5 3.5

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 Input Data
• Construction
Units Base Case Proposed Case
Construction
Roof- U value W/sq. m. K 0.4 0.26
Wall- U value W/sq. m. K 0.704 0.34
External Floor - U value W/sq. m. K 0.169 0.319
Openings
U value W/sq. m. K 6.810 2.2
SHGC 0.251 0.25
Vlt 0.561 0.781
Window wall ratio
Ground floor
% 40 60
First floor
Shading No 0.6 m Overhang

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 Input Data
• Lighting and HVAC
Units Base Case Proposed Case
Lighting
Lighting Power Density (LPD) W / sq. m. 10.5 7.6
Lighting Control Yes/No No Yes
HVAC
ASHRAE 90.1 App. G
HVAC System Type VRF (Air-Cooled), Heat Recovery, DOAS
System 3 - PSZ - AC
Heating COP (seasonal) W/W 0.8 2.5
Cooling COP (seasonal) W/W 1.8 3
Miscellaneous
Equipment Power Density (EPD) W / sq. m. 30 30

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Source: https://designbuilder.co.uk/simulation

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Source:
https://designbuilder.co.uk/helpv6.0/Content/Virtual_Partitions.htm

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Source:https://designbuilder.co.uk/helpv6.0/Content/_Model_data_hierarchy_and_data_i
nheritance.htm
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Source:https://designbuilder.co.uk//helpv2/Content/Component_Block.htm

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Source:https://designbuilder.co.uk/helpv2/Content/_Lighting_control.htm

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Source:https://designbuilder.co.uk/helpv3.4/Content/SurfaceProperties.htm

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Source:https://designbuilder.co.uk/helpv5.2/Content/DaylightingCalculations.htm

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Thank you

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