Extend EnergyPlus to Support Evaluation, Design, and Operation of Low Energy Buildings

摘要

The strategic goal of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Building Technology Program (BTP) is to significantly increase the energy efficiency of new and existing buildings to reduce national energy demand and to develop marketable technologies and design approaches that address energy consumption in existing and new buildings. To achieve this goal, significant efforts are needed to develop analysis tools that can help designers in the evaluation and selection of advanced energy efficiency technologies. EnergyPlus is the premiere simulation tool currently available to address this need. Although the core capabilities of EnergyPlus are adequate to model high performance buildings, several additional capabilities are needed for evaluating low- and zero-energy buildings.