Jain, N;
Burman, E;
Mumovic, D;
Davies, M;
(2019)
Calibrating Energy Performance Model of a Hospital Building: Dealing with Practical Issues of Data Availability and Granularity in a Case Study Building in the UK.
In: Corrado, V and Gasparella, A, (eds.)
Proceedings of Building Simulation 2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA.
IBPSA (International Building Performance Simulation Association): Rome, Italy.
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Abstract
Calibration of energy models is mathematically a highly-parameterized and under-determined problem. Hospitals are energy intensive buildings that have complex and varying specifications for their functions and operations. Calibration of energy models of hospitals is further challenging due to difficulties such as base-load estimation and end-use disaggregation of a 24-hour running facility’s measured energy use (specially end-uses such as specialist equipment and plug loads). This paper attempts to calibrate the energy model of a hospital building in the UK. Along with design stage building construction documentation, on-site observations and semi-structured stakeholder interviews, energy and Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) data is collected for a period of one year. A calibrated energy model is then used to quantify the effects of the observed energy performance gap issues found in the building. The energy and IEQ for the building are compared against design stage targets and industry benchmarks. The paper also reflects on practicalities of data collection such as shortcomings in metering, monitoring and observations that could be addressed for model calibration in hospitals.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Calibrating Energy Performance Model of a Hospital Building: Dealing with Practical Issues of Data Availability and Granularity in a Case Study Building in the UK |
| Event: | Building Simulation 2019 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-7750520-1-2 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://buildingsimulation2019.org/conference-proce... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10082563 |
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