Building energy calculator : a design tool for energy analysis of residential buildings in Developing countries
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2004.
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| author | Smith, Jonathan Y. (Jonathan York), 1979- |
| author2 | Leon R. Glicksman. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/271282020-04-02T21:35:17Z Building energy calculator : a design tool for energy analysis of residential buildings in Developing countries Smith, Jonathan Y. (Jonathan York), 1979- Leon R. Glicksman. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2004. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-100). Buildings are one of the world's largest consumers of energy, yet measures to reduce energy consumption are often ignored during the building design process. In developing countries, enormous numbers of new residential buildings are being constructed each year, and many of these buildings perform very poorly in terms of energy efficiency. One of the major barriers to better building designs is the lack of tools to aid architects during the preliminary design stages. In order to address the need for feedback about building energy use early in the design process, a model was developed and implemented as a software design tool using the C++ programming language. The new program requires a limited amount of input from the user and runs simulations to predict heating and cooling loads for residential buildings. The user interface was created with the architect in mind, and it results in direct graphical comparisons of the energy requirements for different building designs. The simulations run hour by hour for the entire year using measured weather data. They typically complete in less than two seconds, allowing for very fast comparisons of different scenarios. A set of simulations was run to perform a comparison between the new program and an existing tool called Energy-10. Overall, the loads predicted by the two programs were in good agreement. by Jonathan Y. Smith. S.M. 2006-08-09T19:34:33Z 2006-08-09T19:34:33Z 2004 2004 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/27128 56844771 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/27128 http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 125 p. 788230 bytes 788009 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf d------ Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Smith, Jonathan Y. (Jonathan York), 1979- Building energy calculator : a design tool for energy analysis of residential buildings in Developing countries |
| title | Building energy calculator : a design tool for energy analysis of residential buildings in Developing countries |
| title_full | Building energy calculator : a design tool for energy analysis of residential buildings in Developing countries |
| title_fullStr | Building energy calculator : a design tool for energy analysis of residential buildings in Developing countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building energy calculator : a design tool for energy analysis of residential buildings in Developing countries |
| title_short | Building energy calculator : a design tool for energy analysis of residential buildings in Developing countries |
| title_sort | building energy calculator a design tool for energy analysis of residential buildings in developing countries |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/27128 |
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