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to provide a tool that a designer will use routinely to guide his or her decisions while developing the design of low- energy building.
Eventually all buildings will be designed to be delightful living, working, and learning environments, enhanced by natural light, requiring minimum resources to build and operate,
–and that do not impair the environment for following generations.
This library, built in 1980, has saved about 39 billion Btu (about $740,000) over its 20 years operation, compared to a typical library. It cost no more to build and gets rave reviews from the librarians and users.
ENERGY-10 Design Tool
ENERGY-10
ENERGY-10 is suitable for smaller buildings–commercial and institutional buildings under 10,000 sq. ft. – and also residential
<10,000 sq
76% of all non-residential buildings are under 10,000 sq. ft., representing 22 % of the total built floor area and 26% of the energy use.
This restriction will be removed in Version 2
ENERGY-10 Design Tool
ENERGY-10
National Renewable Energy Lab
project lead, passive solarbuildings expertise, PV
Sustainable BuildingsIndustry Councildistribution, user support
training
Lawrence BerkeleyNational Lab
daylighting
Berkeley SolarGroup
CNE thermal simulation engine
U.S. Department of Energy
funding and oversight
ENERGY-10 Design Tool
ENERGY-10
The Progressive Architecture Research Award was given to NREL and SBIC for the Designing Low-Energy Buildings with ENERGY-10 package.
Doug Balcomb, author of ENERGY-10 receiving the award in the Grand Ballroom at the Waldorf Astoria, New York
ENERGY-10 Design Tool
ENERGY-10
First user-friendly program based on hour-by-hour building simulation targeting early conceptual design decisions
Automates many routine tasks, reducing time to produce results needed to make design decisions from days to hours
Graphic input and output Technically solid Becoming widely used, both in practice and
for teaching Major enhancements are in the pipeline
Graphic input, Improved Daylighting, PV…
ENERGY-10 Design Tool
ENERGY-10
Evaluate a wide range of energy-efficient strategies, working together
Daylighting
Economizer cycle
Reduced duct leakage
Reduced infiltration
Insulation
Lighting controlsEnergy efficient lights
and ballasts
Passive solar heating
Thermal mass
Shading
Better HVAC Controls
High Efficiency HVAC
Better windows
ENERGY-10 Design Tool
ENERGY-10
ENERGY-10 focuses on the first phases (conceptual design)
Develop Brief
Pre-design
Schematic Design
Design Development
Construction Documents
Develop reference caseDevelop low-energy case
Rank order strategiesInitial strategy selection
Set performance goals
Review goalsReview strategies
Set criteria, priorities
Develop schemesEvaluate schemesSelect scheme
Confirm that component performances
are as assumed
Phase
Activity
Tool
ENERGY-10
Preliminary teammeetings
ENERGY-10
EnergyPlusor other
HVAC simulationand tools
ENERGY-10 Design Tool
ENERGY-10
Automatic features make it easy and fast AutoBuild - defines a complete building
based on five inputs and many defaults APPLY - creates a second building
applying upgrades to implement any or all of 12 energy-efficient strategies
RANK - determines relative effectiveness of strategies
ENERGY-10 Design Tool
ENERGY-10
Creates two building descriptions based on five inputs and user-defined defaults.
Reference Case Low Energy Case
R-8.9 walls (4" steel stud) R-19.6 Walls (6" steel stud with 2" foam)R-19 roof R-38 roofNo perimeter insulation R-10 perimeter insulationConventional double windows Best low-e double windowsConventional lighting Efficient lights with daylight dimmingConventional HVAC High efficiency HVACConventional air-tightness Leakage reduced 75% Uniform window orientation Passive solar orientationConventional HVAC controls Improved HVAC controlsConventional duct placement Ducts located inside, tightened
•Location•Building Use•Floor area•Number of stories•HVAC system
For example:
Gets you started quickly.
apply
ENERGY-10 Design Tool
ENERGY-10
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ANNUAL ENERGY USE
Reference Case
Low-Energy Case
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19.314.9
75.8
27.4
20,000 m2 elementary school
ENERGY-10 Design Tool
ENERGY-10
ENERGY-10 uses the simulation engine to size HVAC equipment. The process is automatic and takes only 1 or 2 seconds.
HVAC cost reductions can pay the added cost of all the other upgrades!
kBtuh
heating CFM
HVAC RATED CAPACITIES, Albuquerque SchoolReference Case Low-Energy Case
802
349
687
478
29484
21162
cooling
Provides the right information at the right time.
ENERGY-10 Design Tool
ENERGY-10
Automatically modifies the building description to implement any or all of 12 strategies
A few mouse clicks does it—saving timeYet the user has total control
Heating
Cooling
Lights
Other
Total
Beforeapply
Afterapply
ENERGY-10 Design Tool
ENERGY-10
Procedures, such as sequencing simulations and rank ordering, are automated, greatly reducing the time required. This entire set of calculations, including making the plot, took
about 10 minutes.Parametric analysis helps guide decisions regarding best strategies to meet
design team goals
New ranking options in Version 1.5:
Net present value
Internal rate of return
Benefit/cost ratio
Simple payback
gives the relative savings
if strategies were to applied
individually
-20 0 20 40 60 80
Economizer CycleShading
High Efficiency HVACPassive Solar Heating
Air Leakage Control
HVAC ControlsEnergy Efficient Lights
Glazing
Insulation
Duct Leakage
Net Present Value, k$
78.39
66.38
45.96
40.82
38.73
35.89
26.22
21.12
13.67
Daylighting 48.85
2.85
RANKING OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT STRATEGIES
ENERGY-10 Design Tool
ENERGY-10
EVALUATEMany powerful graphical views of the data
ADJUST create new weather files expands the available sites 16 fold
CONVERT FILE FORMATS
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Temperatures Memphis, Tennessee
January 01 - 12 AM to January 01 - 12 AM
Dry Bulb
ENERGY-10 Design Tool
ENERGY-10
Full discounted cash flow analysis, accounting for all relevant factors to support cost/tradeoff decisions during conceptual design
Ranks based on LCC, IRR, benefit/cost, or simple payback
ENERGY-10 Design Tool
ENERGY-10
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Reference Case Low-Energy Case
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Low-Energy Case - Performance Summary
OtherLightingCoolingHeating
1.3
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2.97.6
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$0.90
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DMAP (3D color)
Solar gains in a passive solar building every hour of the year
Annual Emissions Results
Summary
ENERGY-10 Design Tool
ENERGY-10