Building energy analysis tool

摘要

A building energy analysis system includes a building component library configured to store a plurality of building components, a modeling tool configured to access the building component library and create a building model of a building under analysis using building spatial data and using selected building components of the plurality of building components stored in the building component library, a building analysis engine configured to operate the building model and generate a baseline energy model of the building under analysis and further configured to apply one or more energy conservation measures to the baseline energy model in order to generate one or more corresponding optimized energy models, and a recommendation tool configured to assess the one or more optimized energy models against the baseline energy model and generate recommendations for substitute building components or modifications.

主权项

1. A building energy analysis system, comprising:
at least one processor; at least one computer readable storage medium, the at least one computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a building component library comprising a plurality of building components; an audit tool operable by the at least one processor to:
receive first user input selecting, for a building under analysis and from the plurality of building components, one or more building components to be included in a building energy model of the building under analysis, andreceive second user input indicating a respective location of each of the one or more building components relative to building spatial data that corresponds to the building under analysis; a modeling tool operable by the at least one processor to generate, based on the first user input, the second user input, and the building spatial data, the building energy model of the building under analysis; a building analysis engine operable by the at least one processor to:
generate, using the building energy model of the building under analysis, baseline energy usage information for the building under analysis,automatically apply one or more energy conservation measures to the building energy model to generate one or more optimized building energy models, andgenerate, based on the one or more optimized building energy models, one or more corresponding sets of optimized energy usage information; and a recommendation tool operable by the at least one processor to:
compare the one or more sets of optimized energy usage information to the baseline energy usage information, andoutput one or more recommendations for substitute building components or modifications, the one or more recommendations being based on the comparing.