A SUMMARY OF BUILDING ENERGY ANALYSIS AND DESIGN TOOL EVALUATION RESULTS FROM IEA TASK VIII

摘要

This paper summarizes the results of numerousrnbuilding energy analysis and design tool evaluationrnexercises carried out under lEA Task Vi??: Passivernand Hybrid Solar Low Energy Buildings. Thesernexercises have included:rnEmpirical validation of detailed simulationsrnusing passive solar test room data fromrnCanada, Switzerland and the U.S.rnCode to code comparison of detailedrnsimulations for severa? passive solar systemrntypes in Copenhagen and Denver.rnComparison of simplified design toolrnperformance predíction to detailed simulationrnprediction for realístic passive solar buildíngsrn(direct gain, storage wall and sunspace), lightrnand heavy weight construction, in Ibreernclimates (Denver, Geneva and Copenhagen).rnComparison of simplified design toolrnperformance prediction to detailed simulationrnperformance prediction for simplified (shoebox)rnpassive solar test cases in three climatesrn(Denver, Geneva and Copenhagen).rnEvalualion of the capability andrnuserfriendliness of resídential energy designrntools.rnDevelopment of 28 benchmark test cases forrnsimplifíed design tool evaluation, based on Ihernresuits of six detailed simulations.