Evaluation of UTHM administrative office block cooling load through dynamic simulation

The energy requirements for a building have a direct impact on the cost of operating a building and an indirect impact on the environment. The energy estimation can be used as a guide in design, for standards compliance, and for economic optimization. Energy estimation can be done in several ways. T...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rahman, Ismail, Mohd Sari, Kamarul Aini, Mat Tasir, Nur Hanisah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4157/
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4157/1/Ismail_Abdul_Rahman.pdf
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Summary:The energy requirements for a building have a direct impact on the cost of operating a building and an indirect impact on the environment. The energy estimation can be used as a guide in design, for standards compliance, and for economic optimization. Energy estimation can be done in several ways. The methods vary from steady state/static to dynamic estimation. Building energy simulation is an analysis of energy performance of building dynamically using computer modelling and simulation techniques. This study compares the building cooling load derives from audit report and through energy model with the dynamic simulation result. The building cooling loads were determined by extracting SIRIM energy audit report on the building and also by using energy model of Malaysia reference office building. The building cooling load was estimated using IES software, which simulates cooling load demand for the building dynamically. The study found that the simulated cooling load varies in the range of 6% from other methods cooling load values. The difference is considered small for estimation purposes.