Modelling, Validation and Quantification of Climate and Other Sensitivities of Building Energy Model on 3D City Models†
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European Institute for Energy Research, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, CentraleSupélec, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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This paper is an extended version of our paper published in Murshed SM, Picard S and Koch A. (2017) CityBEM: An Open Source Implementation and Validation of Monthly Heating and Cooling Energy Needs for 3D Buildings in Cities. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences IV-4/W5: 83-90.
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2018, 7(11), 447; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi7110447
Received: 1 September 2018 / Revised: 30 October 2018 / Accepted: 7 November 2018 / Published: 15 November 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Productive, Livable and Accessible Cities—The Role of 3D City Models)
New planning tools are required to depict the complete building stock in a city and investigate detailed measures on reaching local and global targets to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To pursue this objective, ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) 13790:2008 monthly heating and cooling energy calculation method is implemented using geometric information from 3D city models (e.g., CityGML format) in an open source software architecture. A model is developed and applied in several urban districts with different number of 3D buildings in various cities. The model is validated with the simulation software TRNSYS. We also perform a sensitivity analysis to quantify the impact of climate change and other physical and behavioral factors on modelling results. The proposed approach can help to perform city or district-wide analysis of the building energy needs and prepare different renovation plans to support decision-making, which finally will enhance the livability of a city and the quality of life of the citizens.
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Keywords:
urban building energy modelling; heating and cooling needs; 3D city model; validation; TRNSYS; sensitivity analyses; climate change
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