2/8/2023

A Two-Day Physical Workshop on

Energy Simulation
Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC)
Organized by: Andhra Pradesh State Energy Conservation Mission (APSECM) & Bureau of Energy Efficiency, MoP, GoI
Conducted by: Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI)

For Engineers (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Environmental) / MEP Consultants / Builders / Developers and / Architects/
Govt. officials / Academicians / Building Sector Stakeholders

• Date: 30th & 31st January 2023 By ECBC Master Trainer:

• Timings: 10:00Am to 4:00Pm Dr. Syed Moazzam Ali

PhD, MTech, FIE - Chartered Engineer,
BEE Certified - ECBC Master Trainer, IGBC-AP

• Venue: V Hotel, Visakhapatnam, Technical Director

+91-9848461870, Ali@TaibaMEP.com
Andhra Pradesh, 530016

REFERENCES

Video - BEE

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 The purpose of the Energy Conservation Building

Code (Code) is to provide minimum requirements for the
energy-efficient design and construction of buildings.

 APPLICABILITY: Commercial Buildings having

their Connected Load of 100kW and above or Contract
demand of 120kVA and above

 SALIENT FEATURES OF THE CODE

Passive design strategies
Technology neutral
Daylight integration
Renewable energy integration
Energy saving and comfort to occupants
Incremental energy performance levels
Applicability to various categories of buildings

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INCREMENTAL COMPLIANCE LEVELS

 ECBC Compliant Building – MANDATORY

 ECBC+ Building – VOLUNTARY

 Super ECBC Building - VOLUNTARY

Buildings?
• When we intend to build or design a building, generally the factors that
are looked into by the owners or users would be:
– Look nice
– Creative, Inspiring
– Durability
– Safety and Security
– Energy performances
– Quality of life
– Thermal, IAQ, Visual,
-- Acoustical Comfort

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Elixa Park – Shahupuri, Kolhapur

The height of Lodha Bellezza 1 is 459 feet which

make it 140 meters consisting 42 floors.

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• The Residential and Commercial Sector

consumes approx. ~ 33% of the total Electricity
usage of the country.

• In India commercial Buildings are a major source

of high electricity consumption because of:
• (a)Lack of awareness
• (b)Careless usage of electricity
• (c)Old buildings not designed for air-conditioning
purposes.

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CHECK FIGURES: Kwh/Sq.ft

• Annual Energy Consumption .
Total Carpet Area of the Building

= 10Kwh/Sq.ft to 25Kwh/Sq.ft

LESSER THE BETTER

What ECBC Compliant Buildings Buildings did differently

Electrical Demand

10 MW

7 MW

Conventional Buildings ECBC Compliant Buildings

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Break-up of
Energy Consumption
in Buildings

Break-up of Energy Consumption

in a Building
5%
57%
16%

22%

Air Conditioning Area Lights

Mis Equipment Ventilation fans

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CHECK FIGURES: Sq.ft/Ton

150 Sq.ft/Ton to 300 Sq.ft/Ton

Or 14 Sq.m/Ton to 28 Sq.m/Ton

(0.07 ~0.035Tr/ Sq.m)

HIGHER THE BETTER

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Energy Efficiency Measures

Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER)

EER = Cooling capacity (Btu/hr)
Energy input in W
Coefficient of Performance (COP)
COP = Cooling capacity (Btu/hr or W)
Energy input (Btu/hr) or W)
Specific energy consumption
IKW/TR = Energy input (kW)
Cooling capacity (TR)
kW/TR = 12/EER = 3.5/COP

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Scope of Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC)

Building Components
Covered
Building Envelope

Comfort Systems & Controls

Lighting Systems & Controls

Lighting
controls

Electrical & Renewable energy

ECBC sets minimum energy standards for commercial systems
buildings having a connected load of 100 kW or contract
demand of 120 kVA and above. Buildings intended for private Energy Water
Power
residential purposes only are not covered by the Code. metering Distribution Heating

WHOLE BUILDING SIMULATION METHOD

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COMPLIANCE & APPROACH

ECBC 2017
The purpose of the Energy Conservation Building Code (Code) is to
provide minimum requirements for the energy- efficient design and
construction of buildings. The Code also provides two additional sets
of incremental requirements for buildings to achieve enhanced levels
of energy efficiency that go beyond the minimum requirements.

Whole
Building
COMPLIANCE &
SCOPE APPROACH
Prescriptive Performance
Method

METHODS OF ECBC COMPLIANCE & IMPLEMENTATION

• Whole building performance
method
• Prescriptive method
• Tradeoff method

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ECBC ENERGY SIMULATION APPROACH

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DIFFERENT ENERGY MODELING TOOLS

• eQUEST

• ENERGYPLUS

• DESIGN BUILDER

• IES-VE

U-Value Calculations

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Heat Transfer

CONDUCTION

RT = R1 + R2 + R3 +….. + Rn = Rn

When Calculating Total R-Value of Roofs & Walls, Thermal Resistance of

Inside Surface (Ri) & Outside Surface (Ro) must also be added.

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U-Value Calculation

K-Values
• Plaster : 0.232 W/m2 K
• Brick : 0.81 W/m2 K

R-Values
• Cavity (>100mm) : 1.8 K.m2/W
• Ri : 0.1 K.m2/W
• Ro : 0.04 K.m2/W

U-Value Calculation

Step 1: Calculate R-Value of Each Layer

R1 (Plaster – 13mm) : 0.013 / 0.232 = 0.056 K.m2/W

R2 (Brick – 230mm) : 0.23 / 0.81 = 0.284 K.m2/W
R3 ( Cavity ) : 1.8 K.m2/W
R4 (Brick – 115mm) : 0.115 / 0.81 = 0.1426 K.m2/W
R5 (Plaster – 13mm) : 0.013 / 0.232 = 0.056 K.m2/W
Ri : 0.1 K.m2/W
Ro : 0.04 K.m2/W

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U-Value Calculation

Step 2: Add R-Value of Each Layer

R (Total Assembly) = R1 + R2 + R3 + R4 + R5 + Ri + Ro
= 0.056 + 0.284 + 1.8 + 0.143 + 0.056 + 0.1 + 0.04
= 2.479 K.m2/ W

U-Value Calculation

Step 3: Calculate U-Value

U-Value (Total Assembly) = 1 / R (Total Assembly)

= 1 / 2.479
= 0.4 W/m2 K

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COMMON INSULATION TYPES

0.013 / 0.57 =
0.1 / 0.77 =
0.013 / 0.57 =

Calculation of required thickness of insulation

Material : Perlite
Thermal Conductivity = 0.0225 W/m-K)
U required = 0.409 (W/m²-K)
R required = 2.44 (m² - K/W)

R required = R Total, Wall + R insulation

Find: R insulation = 2.44 – 0.348 = 2.092 (m² - K/W)

Find the Thickness of insulation (Perlite) using

formula given below:
R insulation = Thickness of insulation
Thermal conductivity of insulation
Find: Thickness of Insulation = 0.047 m

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