Project

Students are expected to prepare the base case (as per ECBC 2017), proposed case
and calculate the energy savings possible with the applied ECMs. for given office
building for ECBC Compliance.

Brick is the only material to be created. Properties of the material are as below.

Property Value
Conductivity (W / m – K) 1.07
Specific heat (kJ/kg‐K) 0.8
Density (kg/cum) 2240
Thickness (mm) 230

Table 1: Input data

Input variable As Is case Base case Proposed case
Location Hyderabad Same as As Is case Same as As Is case
(17.38 Deg N) (Begumpet Airport
weather file)
Orientation As per the drawing 0,90,180,270
Holidays None Same as As Is case Same as As Is case
Operation Daytime office Daytime Office Daytime Office
Building Geometry
Number of blocks 1 Same as As Is case Same as As Is case
Number of floors 2 Same as As Is case Same as As Is case
Total built up area 5600 sqm Same as As Is case Same as As Is case
Floor to floor height 3.5 m Same as As Is case Same as As Is case
Building Envelope
Roof type 20 mm mortar+150 U‐ 0.33 W/sq.mts
mm concrete+ 20 mm
mortar
Hint: Select materials from software library and create the construction
Roof reflectivity 0.75 0.6
Hint: Select materials from software library and create the construction
External Wall 20 mm mortar+230 0.4
mm brick+ 20 mm
mortar
Hint: Select materials from software library and create the construction

Building Envelope‐Vertical Fenstration

Window wall ratio 50% 40%
U value 5.7 W/Sqm‐K 3 W/Sqm‐K (pag‐24)
SHGC (Non‐ north) 0.8 0.27

1
SHGC (North) 0.8 0.5
Visible transmittance 0.8 0.27 (min)
Internal loads
LPD 10 W/sqm + Occupancy 9.5 W/sqm (pg‐
sensors (Building Area
Method)
Hint: Model LPD in building area method. Proposed case considers the use of occupancy sensors.
EPD Conditioned zones: 20 Same as As Is case Same as As Is case
W/sqm
Un conditioned zone: 0 Same as As Is case Same as As Is case
W/sqm
Occupancy density Conditioned zones: 15 Same as As Is case Same as As Is case
sqm/person
Occupancy type Office Same as As Is case Same as As Is case
Hint: Select a default “Office” schedule.
HVAC
Cooling Set point 250C Same as As Is case Same as As Is case
System type PSZ – DX DX‐Air cooled (VRF)
Cooling COP 2.8 Determine (Page‐42)
Fresh air 8 l/s‐person Same as As Is case Same as As Is case
Heating None Heat pump
Heating COP NA NA
Miscellaneous
Exterior shading 1m overhang None 1m overhang
Window shading None None None

Table 2: Base case results

Alternative Lighting Equipment Cooling Heating Fans Total Cooling
(kWh) (kWh) (kWh) (kWh) (kWh) (kWh) capacity
Base case
Base case
rotated 90
Base case
rotated 180
Base case
rotated 270
Average
base case

Table 3: Base case & As Is results

Alternative Lighting Equipment Cooling Heating Fans Total Cooling
(kWh) (kWh) (kWh) (kWh) (kWh) (kWh) capacity
Average
base case

2
As Is case
% savings

Table 4: List of proposed ECMs

ECM 1
ECM 2
ECM 3
ECM 4
ECM 5
ECM 6
ECM 7

Table 5: Results comparison

Alternative Lighting Equipment Cooling Heating Fans Total % savings
(kWh) (kWh) (kWh) (kWh) (kWh) (kWh)
Average
base case
As Is case
ECM 1
ECM 2
ECM 3
ECM 4
ECM 5
ECM 6
ECM 7
Proposed
case

Table 6: Results comparison

Alternative Lighting Equipment Cooling Heating Fans Total Cooling
(kWh) (kWh) (kWh) (kWh) (kWh) (kWh) capacity
Average
base case
Proposed
case

3
% savings

50.0

100.0

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