Memorias de investigación
Communications at congresses:
Evaluation and comparison of building performance in use through on-site monitoring and simulation modelling
Year:2016

Research Areas
  • Civil engineering and architecture

Information
Abstract
In recent years in Europe, the improvement of the energy efficiency in buildings has been constantly addressed as a priority. In order to achieve this goal, the first step is to have a calculation method that determines the energy performance of buildings. For this purpose, dynamic thermal simulation programs are used. However, numerous studies (Branco, Lachal, Gallinelli, & Weber, 2004; Burman, Mumovic, & Kimpian, 2014; Johnston, Wingfield, & Miles-Shenton, 2010; Majcen, Itard, & Visscher, 2013) have shown that the measured energy performance of buildings does not correspond to the simulated performance. This is referred to as the ?performance gap? and thus, the predictive potential of these tools is reduced. This paper is part of a research that aims to study the differences between measured and simulated thermal performance through two case studies. Monitoring equipment was installed in two flats located in two originally identical residential buildings, but one of them has been recently refurbished. Both buildings are located in the city of Madrid, Spain. In this paper, we showed only the results the refurbished building. This investigation shows how in-situ measurements and energy monitoring procedures in buildings in use can be used to adjust energy simulation models in order to bring the results closer to the actual thermal performance of buildings.
International
Si
Congress
Building Simulation & Optimization 2016
960
Place
Newcastle, England
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
978-0-7017-0258-8
Start Date
12/09/2016
End Date
14/09/2016
From page
362
To page
369
Third IBPSA - England Conference www.bso16.org 12th-14th September 2016 - Great North Museum, Newcastle BOOK OF PROCEEDINGS
Participants
  • Autor: Elena Cuerda Barcaiztegui UPM
  • Autor: Olivia Guerra-Santin Faculty of Industrial Design, Delft University of Tecnology, Delft, The Netherlands
  • Autor: Fco. Javier Neila Gonzalez UPM
  • Autor: Natalia Romero Faculty of Industrial Design, Delft University of Tecnology, Delft, The Netherlands

Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Arquitectura Bioclimática en un entorno sostenible-ABIO
  • Departamento: Construcción y Tecnología Arquitectónicas