Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8072546 | Energy | 2018 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
This paper analyzes the energy consumption of buildings considering the uncertainty of structural and environmental parameters. To this end, two-point estimate method (2PEM) is used to model the uncertainties. EnergyPlus software is used in this paper to evaluate the energy consumption, the thermal comfort, and the energy cost of a building. We examine the proposed method in a retail building to show the effectiveness of the method in comparison with the Monte-Carlo Simulation and deterministic methods. The results show that the 2PEM method although may cause a bit accuracy loss, it can considerably reduce the simulation time by more than 97%. In addition, a sensitivity analysis is effectuated in this paper to investigate the impacts of different climate zones on the results of energy consumption analysis.
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Authors
Mohammad Javad Bordbari, Ali Reza Seifi, Mohammad Rastegar,