MEC 527 - Introduction to Building Energy Modeling

Designing high performance buildings requires the application of building energy modeling (BEM) that uses computer-based software to simulate thermal processes in buildings. In applying building energy modeling, this course emphasizes the importance of formulating the problem in terms of assumptions: The two alternative assumptions are the static building load assumption and the dynamic building process assumption. The resistor-capacitor (RC model is introduced. With a 3D building model developed in Autodesk Revit, energy analysis is carried out with a series of software. Popular whole-building energy simulation programs, such as EnergyPlus and TRNSYS, are then explained briefly.

3 credits

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)