Building Energy Simulation: A Workbook Using DesignBuilder™

The second edition of Building Energy Simulation includes studies of various components and systems of buildings and their effect on energy consumption, with the help of DesignBuilderTM, a front-end for the EnergyPlus simulation engine, supported by examples and exercises. The book employs a "learning by doing" methodology. It explains simulation-input parameters and how-to-do analysis of the simulation output, in the process explaining building physics and energy simulation. Divided into three sections, it covers the fundamentals of energy simulation followed by advanced topics in energy simulation and simulation for compliance with building codes and detailed case studies for comprehensive building energy simulation.

Features:

Focuses on learning building energy simulation while being interactive through examples and exercises.

Explains the building physics and the science behind the energy performance of buildings.

Encourages an integrated design approach by explaining the interactions between various building systems and their effect on energy performance of building.

Discusses a how-to model for building energy code compliance including three projects to practice whole building simulation.

Provides hands-on training of building energy simulation tools: DesignBuilder™ and EnergyPlus.

Includes practical projects problems, appendices and CAD files in the e-resources section.

Building Energy Simulation is intended for students and researchers in building energy courses, energy simulation professionals, and architects.

Vishal Garg is professor and head of the Center for IT in Building Science, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad, India. His current research interests are in the areas of energy simulation, smart homes and cool roofs. He teaches building automation and controls, energy simulation, and illumination engineering. He has conducted several national and international workshops on intelligent buildings, green buildings and energy simulation. He holds a BTech (Hons.) degree in civil engineering from MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur, India and a PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India. Dr. Garg is actively involved in the green building movement, and in developing eTools and educational platforms for advancing energy efficiency in buildings and energy efficiency building code and its implementation. He was the founding president of the Indian chapter of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) and chaired the organizing committee of the International Conference for Building Simulation 2015 and the International Conference on Countermeasures to Urban Heat Islands (IC2UHI) 2019. He is a fellow of IBPSA and received the inaugural Arthur H. Rosenfeld Urban Cooling Achievement Award in 2018.

Jyotirmay Mathur is professor of mechanical engineering and the founding head of the Centre for Energy and Environment at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India. He has done postgraduate work in energy studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, and has received a doctorate in energy systems from the University of Essen, Germany. Dr. Mathur has published 80 research papers in refereed international journals and has presented more than 150 papers and talks at international seminars and conferences, besides writing five books. Dr. Mathur works in the field of energy modelling, codes and standards, energy conservation in buildings, passive cooling, adaptive thermal comfort and building integrated photovoltaic systems.

Aviruch Bhatia is assistant professor at the TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi, India. He holds a PhD from the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India, an MTech degree in energy engineering from the Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India, and MSc and MPhil degrees in physics from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India. His areas of interest include building physics, calibrated energy simulation and fault detection and diagnostics in heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. He has also worked for three years as an assistant manager at Sustainability Group of Spectral Consultant, Pvt. Ltd. (an AECOM company).