[BLDG-SIM] Validation of simulation predictions

["Bill Koran" <bkoran@xxxxxxxxx>]

Title: Validation of simulation predictions

I participated in the calibration of simulations of commercial buildings as part of the BPA Energy Edge research project in the early 90's.  The buildings included high-rise office, small office, fast food, and supermarket.  The models were calibrated to hourly end-use data and, to a lesser extent HVAC subsystem data.  For example over 200 channels were monitored for the large office building.  Not all of the channels were used for model calibration, however.

 

Amongst the published papers that came out of the research were the following:

 

Kaplan Engineering and Portland Energy

Conservation, Inc , (1991). "Energy Edge Modelers Guidelines

Report."

 

Kaplan Engineering and Portland Energy

Conservation, Inc , ?Energy Edge Simulation

Tuning Methodologies?, prepared for Bonneville

Power Administration Commercial Technology Section

under cooperative agreement #DE-FC79-85BP26683

 

Koran, W. E., M. B. Kaplan, et al. (1993). ?Two

DOE-2.1C model calibration methods.? ASHRAE

Special Publications: Thermal Performance of the

Exterior Envelope of Buidings.: 3-10.

 

Kaplan Engineering and Portland Energy Conservation,

Inc. (PECI). 1993. Model Tuning Final Report, Modeler?s

Retrospective, Energy Edge Prepared for the Bonneville

Power Administration. Portland, Oregon, December.

 

Over the Energy Edge: Results from a Seven Year New

Commercial Buildings Research and Demonstration Project

(final report from LBNL)

 

There were also the calibration ("tuning") reports for the individual buildings.  An example is

Kaplan Engineering and Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.  (1993).

?Energy Edge: SeaFirst Tower at Bellevue Place Simulation Tuning?,

prepared for Bonneville Power Administration Commercial Technology Section

under cooperative agreement #DE-FC79-85BP26683

 

In that calibration exercise, the energy use categories calibrated were total building, total HVAC, total interior lighting, receptacle plugs, elevators, and parking garage.  Within HVAC, energy for heating, cooling, AHUs, condenser pumps and cooling tower fans, and chilled water pumps were individually calibrated.

 

--Bill Koran, Honeywell Atrium

 

-----Original Message-----
From: postman@xxxxxxxx [mailto:postman@xxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Peter Alspach
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 4:50 PM
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Subject: [BLDG-SIM] Validation of simulation predictions

Can anyone point me to papers that discuss the validation of whole building energy models (DOE2 or others) with measured building data? I am looking for papers discussing the accuracy that can be achieved for both simulations based on comprehensive energy audits of existing buildings and simulations based on design documents that are then compared to measured performance of the building after occupation.

Thanks,
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