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Practical application of a newly developed automated building energy-analysis software module prototype
NCC Construction Sverige AB.
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Structural and Construction Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5661-5237
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Structural and Construction Engineering.
Colvo Group Real Estate.
2012 (English)In: eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction: Proceedings of the European Conference on Product and Process Modelling 2012 , ECPPM 2012 / [ed] Gudni Gudnason; R J Scherer, Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group , 2012, p. 45-49Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

One key challenge when it comes to developing industrial building concepts for the housing industry is improving the energy performance of buildings, while at the same time ensuring that the end product remains affordable and attractive to customers. This paper summarises the findings from the application of a newly developed prototype for an automated energy-analysis software module in a real-life project.The prototype is used for the energy analysis of the low-energy, multi-family residential P303 concept developed by NCC Construction Sverige AB - a leading construction and development company in the Nordic region. A building concept is based on continuity and repetitions of most of the building components. Most of its characteristics are known and defined beforehand and only a few parameters vary due to the adaptation of the concept, for example, the configuration or site location. In energy performance calculations, the proposed energy-analysis software module prototype processes the known parameters as constants and only varies the unknown parameters. The energy calculations are then carried out by the calculation kernel from the dynamic building simulation software module, VIP Energy, and the result is exported to an Excel spreadsheet where it is presented in a table. This makes it possible, in a practical manner, to execute a larger number of performance analyses in a shorter time, investigating different design alternatives and configurations and thereby facilitating optimisation towards the best possible design solution. The case study presented in this paper simulated energy losses through the building envelope of a real P303 building. The parameters that were varied are the location and orientation of the building and various energy characteristics of windows/glazing.

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Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group , 2012. p. 45-49
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Construction Management
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Construction Engineering and Management
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-32034Local ID: 66645104-07e2-422d-ad77-f0b24c5a2f67ISBN: 978-0-415-62128-1 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-32034DiVA, id: diva2:1005268
Conference
European Conference on Product and Process Modelling : 25/07/2012 - 27/07/2012
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Godkänd; 2012; 20120807 (ysko)Available from: 2016-09-30 Created: 2016-09-30 Last updated: 2017-11-25Bibliographically approved

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