CEE 143/243: Predicting and Measuring Building Energy Use

Agenda: Spring 2012

Overview
Agenda
Organization
Reading

 

Week
Tuesdays
Thursdays
Reading
Assignments
Week-1 (April 2)

Course overview, goals and methods

Introduction to Y2E2 case study

Lab mechanics

 

Introduction to the class wiki

SEE-IT V2.0 Tutorial

McDowell, Ch 1, 2, 5 (intro, intro to zones).

Y2E2 2009 Summary

Designed Sequence of Operations

Tutorial

Class wiki

 

Week-2 (Apr 9)

Introduction to product hierarchies Systems and Y2E2 HVAC systems

 

 

Y2E2 building tour:

Meet in 184 Y2E2

McDowell, Ch 6, 7 (single & multi-zone air systems)

Formalizing Assumptions to Document Limitations of Building Performance Measurement Systems

Tutorial: page 1

Q1 Sumit via Coursework

Week-3 (Apr 16)
Y2E2 –HVAC sequence of operation (controls)
Homework review

Summary of Performance Analyses of a Santa Clara County Facility by CEE 243 Student Groups

LEED Checklist

Q2
Week-4 (Apr 23)

Introduction to data analysis methods (manual based on multi-point comparison)

 

Measurement lab: measured vs. reported temperatures, CO2, voltage, current, heat losses

McDowell, Ch 11 (single & multi-zone air systems)

Q3
Week-5 (Apr 30)

Introduction to prediction using EnergyPlus; E+ models of simple building and Y2E2

e+ simulation of Y2E2 energy use
Description of European Prototype Tool for Evaluation of Building Performance and the national tools, Editors: Mazzarella, Liziero, et al., pp. 1-43.

e+ Tutorial

Q4
Week-6 (May 7)

Energy Performance Comparison Methodology and example

Tobias Maile

Intermediate student presentations

A Method to Compare Measured
and Simulated Data to Assess
Building Energy Performance

Q5
Week-7 (May 14)

Multi-group working session: interpret 2011 data and compare 2009-11 findings and post-09 interventions

Background

e+ lab for simple building and Y2E2  
Q6
Week-8 (May 21)

Energy monitoring and management practice, vision and the gap between them, Gerry Hamilton, Stanford Facilities Energy Management program

Continue e+ lab

Multi-group working session  
Q7
Simulations; Selected content of final written report
Week-9 (May 28)

Energy simulation challenges in the real world - experiences from SCC and Y2E2

The Future of Energy Simulation: broad trends and emerging methods

Class Summary  
No submission
Week-10 (June 4)

Final student presentations

 

2011 findings: 1, 2, 3, 4

2010 findings: 1, 2, 3, 4

2009 findings: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Q8
Final report
: due midnight June 1

Last updated: 2 February 2012