Emerging Technologies Research and Development

Emerging Technologies Research and Development:

DRAFT Research and Development Opportunities for Building Energy Modeling

April 2019

DRAFT

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Acknowledgments

Prepared by Amir Roth, Ph.D.

Special thanks goes to Robert Zogg and Emily Cross from Navigant for doing the interviews, organizing the stakeholder workshops, and writing the original draft of this Report. Additional thanks to the individuals who provided valuable input to this Report, including:

Name

Patrick Phelan Karma Sawyer David Lee Jared Langevin Janet Reyna Jim McNeill Peter Alspach Krishnan Gowri Brian Owens Richard See Taylor Roberts Tianzhen Hong Michael Wetter Philip Haves Mark Nieman Scott Horowitz Dimitri Contoyannis Michael Rosenberg Scott Criswell Ming Hu Melissa Wackerle David Bosworth Richard Lord Jan Kosny Mike Witte Jason Glazer Gail Hampshire Stuart Dols Lisa Ng Kyle Benne Mark Davis Mark Spector Nora Wang Chris Balbach Sandro Plamp

Organization

U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office Affiliated Engineers Arup Autodesk Inc. CLEAResult Digital Alchemy Group 14 Engineering Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory McKinstry National Renewable Energy Laboratory NORESCO Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Wrightsoft Corporation American Institute of Architects American Institute of Architects BUILDlab, LLC Carrier Corporation Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Solutions GARD Analytics GARD Analytics Green Business Certification National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology National Renewable Energy Laboratory Office of Naval Research Office of Naval Research Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Performance Systems Development QCoefficient

iv Acknowledgements

Teresa Rainey Jelena Srebric Wangda Zuo Dennis Knight Greg Thomas Michael Kennedy Dennis Knight Annie Marston Mike Wilson Khee Poh Lam Mike Brandemuehl Joe Huang Pete Rynes Ian Shapiro Matthew Biesterveld Jennifer Elling Stuart Mentzer Melissa Crowe

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill University of Maryland University of Miami Whole Building Systems Performance Systems Development Energy Sims Whole Building Systems Baumann Consulting International Building Performance Simulation Association-USA Carnegie Mellon University University of Colorado (Retired) Whitebox Technologies Thermoanalytics Inc. Taitem Engineering Trane Xcel Energy Objexx Engineering, Inc. Engineered Solutions, Inc.

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List of Acronyms

Acronyms AEE AIA API ASE ASHRAE BCVTB BEDES BEM BEMP bEQ BESA BESTEST BIM BLAST BMS BPI BTO CAD CBECS CBI CVRMSE DeST DOAS DOE EDAPT EIA EE EEM EERE EM&V EPRI ERDA ESCO

Description Association of Energy Engineers American Institute of Architects Application Program Interface Alliance to Save Energy American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers Building Controls Virtual Test Bed Building Energy Data Exchange Specification Building Energy Modeling ASHRAE Building Energy Modeling Professional credential ASHRAE's Building Energy Quotient rating systems AEE's Building Energy Simulation Analyst credential Building Energy Simulation Test Building Information Modeling Building Loads Analysis and System Thermodynamics Building Management System Building Performance Institute EERE's Building Technologies Office Computer-Aided Design EIA's Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey BTO's Commercial Buildings Integration Coefficient of Variation of the Root Mean Square Error Designer's Simulation Toolkit Dedicated Outdoor Air System U.S. Department of Energy Energy Design Assistance Program Tracker DOE Energy Information Administration Energy Efficiency Energy Efficiency Measure DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Evaluation, Measurement and Verification Electric Power Research Institute Energy Research and Development Administration Energy Service Company

vi List of Acronyms

Acronyms ET EUI FEMP GSF HAP HERS HVAC IBPSA IDF IEA-EBC IECC IES IPMVP LEED LBNL MHEA MulTEA NAICS NASA NBI NC NEAT NIST NMBE NREL OE ORNL PNNL R&D RBI RECS REM/Rate RMI SDK SF

Description BTO's Emerging Technologies Program Energy Use Intensity EERE's Federal Energy Management Program Gross Square Footage Carrier Corporation's Hourly Analysis Program RESNET's Home Energy Rating System Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning International Building Performance Simulation Association EnergyPlus' Input Data Format International Energy Agency-Energy in Buildings and Communities International Energy Conservation Code Integrated Environmental Solutions' Virtual Environment International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol USGBC's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design credential Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Mobile Home Energy Audit Multifamily Tool for Energy Auditing North American Industry Classification System National Aeronautics and Space Administration New Buildings Institute New Construction National Energy Audit Tool National Institute of Standards and Technology Normalized Mean Bias Error National Renewable Energy Laboratory DOE's Office of Electricity Oak Ridge National Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Research and Development BTO's Residential Buildings Integration program EIA's Residential Energy Consumption Survey Residential BEM Used for HERS certification Rocky Mountain Institute Software Development Kit Square Feet

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Acronyms SEED SEI TAS TBtu TPEX TRACE USGBC VRF WIPO

Description Standard Energy Efficiency Data Platform ASE's System Efficiency Initiative Thermal Analysis Simulation Trillion British Thermal Units BTO's Technology Performance Exchange Trane's Trane Air-Conditioning Economics U.S. Green Buildings Council Variable Refrigerant Flow EERE's Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs Office

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