Energy Strategy Selector for Small Office Building Design

摘要

A research project has been conducted to develop a simple handbook to encourage the incorporation of cost saving energy conservation strategies into the design of small office buildings. Modeling of base case buildings has been accomplished and a limited set of Energy Problem Types have been defined as typical of the full spread of runs. Representative utility rate profiles have been developed which (along with the EPT's) have guided the selection of energy conservation strategy sets. These strategy sets address the important aspects of the energy cost problem in any particular utility for any base case building. Means to determine representative construction costs and energy cost savings provide the bottom line for strategy selection. (ERA citation 08:054145)