Study of the energy consumption of a massive free-running building in the Argentinean northwest through monitoring and thermal simulation

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Flores Larsen, Silvana Elinor; Filippin, Maria Celina; González, Silvina Mariana
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2012
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The investigation presented in this paper has three main objectives. The first one is to study, through a case study, if it is possible to acceptably predict the energy consumption of a massive residential free-running building, when the exact behavior of the occupants is unknown or actual indoor conditions are not monitored, assuming standard use and occupation schedules, for the dry climate of the Argentinean Northwest. The second objective of the paper is to detect the possible causes of differences between actual and predicted energy consumption through an exhaustive thermal monitoring and occupant's behavior, in order to obtain an improved model of the building giving more accurate predictions of the energy consumption. The third objective is to analyze the effect on the annual energy consumption of changing the massive envelope by a lightweight one. The comparison of real and simulated consumptions under comfort conditions defined by ASHRAE Standard 55 shows that simulations overestimated the energy consumption for heating and cooling. The main causes were detected from the experimental monitoring, indicating a lower use of the air conditioning equipment than the supposed initially. Simulations were improved to consider actual use and occupation conditions. Finally, an annual simulation of the improved model performed by changing the envelope material to a lightweight one showed that energy consumption for heating was increased, while energy consumption for cooling was decreased. In an annual balance, the massive walls are preferable over lightweight ones in arid sunny climates as in the Argentinean Northwest, giving energy savings of around 25%.
Fil: Flores Larsen, Silvana Elinor. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Salta. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energía no Convencional; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Salta; Argentina
Fil: Filippin, Maria Celina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa; Argentina
Fil: González, Silvina Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Salta. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energía no Convencional; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Salta; Argentina
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spelling Study of the energy consumption of a massive free-running building in the Argentinean northwest through monitoring and thermal simulationFlores Larsen, Silvana ElinorFilippin, Maria CelinaGonzález, Silvina MarianaEnergy ConsumptionThermal SimulationEnergyplusUser Behaviourhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.11https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2The investigation presented in this paper has three main objectives. The first one is to study, through a case study, if it is possible to acceptably predict the energy consumption of a massive residential free-running building, when the exact behavior of the occupants is unknown or actual indoor conditions are not monitored, assuming standard use and occupation schedules, for the dry climate of the Argentinean Northwest. The second objective of the paper is to detect the possible causes of differences between actual and predicted energy consumption through an exhaustive thermal monitoring and occupant's behavior, in order to obtain an improved model of the building giving more accurate predictions of the energy consumption. The third objective is to analyze the effect on the annual energy consumption of changing the massive envelope by a lightweight one. The comparison of real and simulated consumptions under comfort conditions defined by ASHRAE Standard 55 shows that simulations overestimated the energy consumption for heating and cooling. The main causes were detected from the experimental monitoring, indicating a lower use of the air conditioning equipment than the supposed initially. Simulations were improved to consider actual use and occupation conditions. Finally, an annual simulation of the improved model performed by changing the envelope material to a lightweight one showed that energy consumption for heating was increased, while energy consumption for cooling was decreased. In an annual balance, the massive walls are preferable over lightweight ones in arid sunny climates as in the Argentinean Northwest, giving energy savings of around 25%.Fil: Flores Larsen, Silvana Elinor. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Salta. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energía no Convencional; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Salta; ArgentinaFil: Filippin, Maria Celina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa; ArgentinaFil: González, Silvina Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Salta. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energía no Convencional; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Salta; ArgentinaElsevier Science2012-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/14534Flores Larsen, Silvana Elinor; Filippin, Maria Celina; González, Silvina Mariana; Study of the energy consumption of a massive free-running building in the Argentinean northwest through monitoring and thermal simulation; Elsevier Science; Energy And Buildings; 47; 4-2012; 341-3520378-7788enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.12.004info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778811005998info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-10T13:08:41Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/14534instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-10 13:08:42.226CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Study of the energy consumption of a massive free-running building in the Argentinean northwest through monitoring and thermal simulation
title Study of the energy consumption of a massive free-running building in the Argentinean northwest through monitoring and thermal simulation
spellingShingle Study of the energy consumption of a massive free-running building in the Argentinean northwest through monitoring and thermal simulation
Flores Larsen, Silvana Elinor
Energy Consumption
Thermal Simulation
Energyplus
User Behaviour
title_short Study of the energy consumption of a massive free-running building in the Argentinean northwest through monitoring and thermal simulation
title_full Study of the energy consumption of a massive free-running building in the Argentinean northwest through monitoring and thermal simulation
title_fullStr Study of the energy consumption of a massive free-running building in the Argentinean northwest through monitoring and thermal simulation
title_full_unstemmed Study of the energy consumption of a massive free-running building in the Argentinean northwest through monitoring and thermal simulation
title_sort Study of the energy consumption of a massive free-running building in the Argentinean northwest through monitoring and thermal simulation
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Flores Larsen, Silvana Elinor
Filippin, Maria Celina
González, Silvina Mariana
author Flores Larsen, Silvana Elinor
author_facet Flores Larsen, Silvana Elinor
Filippin, Maria Celina
González, Silvina Mariana
author_role author
author2 Filippin, Maria Celina
González, Silvina Mariana
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Energy Consumption
Thermal Simulation
Energyplus
User Behaviour
topic Energy Consumption
Thermal Simulation
Energyplus
User Behaviour
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.11
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The investigation presented in this paper has three main objectives. The first one is to study, through a case study, if it is possible to acceptably predict the energy consumption of a massive residential free-running building, when the exact behavior of the occupants is unknown or actual indoor conditions are not monitored, assuming standard use and occupation schedules, for the dry climate of the Argentinean Northwest. The second objective of the paper is to detect the possible causes of differences between actual and predicted energy consumption through an exhaustive thermal monitoring and occupant's behavior, in order to obtain an improved model of the building giving more accurate predictions of the energy consumption. The third objective is to analyze the effect on the annual energy consumption of changing the massive envelope by a lightweight one. The comparison of real and simulated consumptions under comfort conditions defined by ASHRAE Standard 55 shows that simulations overestimated the energy consumption for heating and cooling. The main causes were detected from the experimental monitoring, indicating a lower use of the air conditioning equipment than the supposed initially. Simulations were improved to consider actual use and occupation conditions. Finally, an annual simulation of the improved model performed by changing the envelope material to a lightweight one showed that energy consumption for heating was increased, while energy consumption for cooling was decreased. In an annual balance, the massive walls are preferable over lightweight ones in arid sunny climates as in the Argentinean Northwest, giving energy savings of around 25%.
Fil: Flores Larsen, Silvana Elinor. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Salta. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energía no Convencional; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Salta; Argentina
Fil: Filippin, Maria Celina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa; Argentina
Fil: González, Silvina Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Salta. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energía no Convencional; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Salta; Argentina
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Flores Larsen, Silvana Elinor; Filippin, Maria Celina; González, Silvina Mariana; Study of the energy consumption of a massive free-running building in the Argentinean northwest through monitoring and thermal simulation; Elsevier Science; Energy And Buildings; 47; 4-2012; 341-352
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