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Zoom
Start Date
15-12-2020 2:45 PM
Description
Buildings account for 70% of US electricity use each year (El Asmar et. al. 2011). A recent approach to reducing building energy use is modeling buildings using computer software to estimate how much energy they use (“About Energy Modeling.”). There are two popular Building Energy Modeling software packages available to the public, however there is not yet a widely used program to make decisions for improvement based on these models (“About Energy Modeling.”). To aid in optimizing decision making, this proposal suggests creating a program that analyzes a building’s information and outputs recommendations to make the building more sustainable based on the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) framework for Building Design and Construction. The program would output upgrades along with their cost, LEED point gain, and potential savings. It would focus on publicly owned, pre-existing buildings in California. This will contribute to the existing work on the subject by adding decision variables with regards to the building’s architectural features.
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Minimizing Cost for LEED Point Gain to Make Existing Buildings More Sustainable
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Buildings account for 70% of US electricity use each year (El Asmar et. al. 2011). A recent approach to reducing building energy use is modeling buildings using computer software to estimate how much energy they use (“About Energy Modeling.”). There are two popular Building Energy Modeling software packages available to the public, however there is not yet a widely used program to make decisions for improvement based on these models (“About Energy Modeling.”). To aid in optimizing decision making, this proposal suggests creating a program that analyzes a building’s information and outputs recommendations to make the building more sustainable based on the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) framework for Building Design and Construction. The program would output upgrades along with their cost, LEED point gain, and potential savings. It would focus on publicly owned, pre-existing buildings in California. This will contribute to the existing work on the subject by adding decision variables with regards to the building’s architectural features.
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Mentor: Sunai Kim