Fast modelling of nZEB metrics of office buildings built with advanced glass and BIPV facade structures

Domjan, Suzana (author), Medved, Sašo (author), Černe, Boštjan (author), Arkar, Ciril (author)

The planning process of nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB), as defined in Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), requires that designers check their solutions at all stages of planning. In the initial design phase, methods and tools for which only basic design knowledge of the modelling of energy efficiency indicators is required are often sufficient. With the introduction of fast modelling techniques, designers' work can be simplified. A method and software for the fast modelling of nZEB energy efficiency indicators of buildings constructed with advanced multi-layer glass and building integrated photovoltaics facade (BIPV) structures are presented. The computer tool for fast modelling combines (i) upgraded national certificated software for energy performance of buildings (EPB) evaluation, which is used for performing auto-repeating numerical calculations based on the design of experiments (DOE) and (ii) software for the determination of multiple linear regression models and the presentation of results. The case studies made for different buildings and climate conditions show the variety of options offered by the developed fast modelling approach. It can be seen that buildings with a large proportion of advanced glassed facade and even all-glass buildings can fulfil nZEB requirements via the on-site production of electricity with BIPV facade structures.

• Language: English
• Keywords: nearly Zero Energy Buildings, advanced glass facade structures, building integrated photovoltaics, fast modelling, regression models, building energy efficiency, building energy efficiency indicators
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2019
• Number of pages: 18 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 12, iss. 16, art. 3194
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-109095
• UDC: 620.9:692.23(045)
• ISSN on article: 1996-1073
• DOI: 10.3390/en12163194
• COBISS.SI-ID: 16752155
• Publication date in RUL: 21.08.2019

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Energies
• Shortened title: Energies
• Publisher: Molecular Diversity Preservation International
• ISSN: 1996-1073
• COBISS.SI-ID: 518046745

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 20.08.2019

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: skoraj nič-energijske stavbe, napredne steklene fasadne konstrukcije, integrirani fotonapetostni sistemi, hitro modeliranje, regresijski modeli, energijska učinkovitost stavb

Projects

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Funding programme: European Regional Development Fund, Sustainable and innovative construction of smart buildings, TIGR4smart
• Project number: C3330-16-529003

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P2-0223
• Name: Prenos toplote in snovi