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Design Builder is an energy simulation software that allows users to model building designs and evaluate their energy and comfort performance. The document discusses how to use Design Builder to simulate a 3 BHK bungalow in Goa, India to compare different design options. The simulation analyzed factors like electricity usage, cooling and heating loads, fabric heat transfer, and thermal comfort levels. The results showed that cavity walls, insulated roofs, and higher-performance glazing improved thermal comfort and reduced energy usage in Goa's warm, humid climate.

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Report - Design Builder

Design Builder is an energy simulation software that allows users to model building designs and evaluate their energy and comfort performance. The document discusses how to use Design Builder to simulate a 3 BHK bungalow in Goa, India to compare different design options. The simulation analyzed factors like electricity usage, cooling and heating loads, fabric heat transfer, and thermal comfort levels. The results showed that cavity walls, insulated roofs, and higher-performance glazing improved thermal comfort and reduced energy usage in Goa's warm, humid climate.

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Design Builder

BSS

NIDHI CHADDA. M.ARCH SEM 1 JNEC


Design Builder: Review
WHAT ? PROCESS IN A NUTSHELL THE PROJECT
Design Builder is an Energy Plus based
software tool used for energy, carbon, lighting To simulate a model & evaluate its performance in context to various Energy plus The project considered for simulation is a
and comfort measurement and control. parameters , there are a series of steps 3 BHK Bungalow proposed in Goa.
Design Builder is developed to ease up the 9using certain tools)to be followed
The city has Warm & Humid climate .
building simulation process.
IMPORT FLOOR
WHY ? PLANS IN dxf
FORMAT
Buildings consume roughly one-third of all the
energy consumed nationally every year .
Much of this energy is consumed in
maintaining the thermal conditions inside the
building and lighting.Simulation plays a CREATE MODEL
significant role in reducing this consumption (+block, draw
at the early design stage itself. partitions)

ASSIGN ACTIVITY
START A
(The plangets
NEW
HOW ? divided into zones)
PROJECT
Design Builder compares alternative building Select sample bldg.
designs considering - Fill-in site details
Load design ( HVAC , volumetric air flow etc)
Energy Analysis (lighting ,cooling/heating etc ) MAKE
CONSTRUCTION
The inputs are based on the climatic TEMPLATES
conditions of the region (macro level) & (Input data for the
activity of each zone of the bldg. (micro structural elements)
level)by using function and performance-based
method of comparison results by the various
analyzes in a quick and economic manner.
ADVANTAGES: MAKE LOADING
• Study the behavior of a system without TEMPLATES
building it. (Input data for the
• Cost Effective way to analyze most Openings , HVAC,
favourable option. Lighting)
• Results are accurate in general,
• Easy to perform ``What-If'' analysis
Energy Plus is the most
(flexibility) comprehensive building
• Integrated decision making. energy simulation
• Recognized by Green certification bodies program developed by the
US Department of RUN SIMULATION
Energy,with a user
friendly graphical
interface
The Simulation
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS INFERENCES

PARAMETERS SUB PARAMETERS BASE CASE CASE-01 CASE-02 CASE-03

ROOM (Electricity) 3987.37 3987.37 3987.37 3987.37


ELECTRICITY (FUEL LIGHTING 6556.25 6556.25 6556.25 6556.25
BREAKDOWN) kWh COOLING (Electricity) 36176.73 36089.36 21339.29 21339.29
DWH (Electricity) 1368.26 1368.26 1368.26 1368.26
A.C. (SYSTEM SENSIBLE COOLING -54088.11 -53919.27 -30965.82 -30965.82
LOADS) kWh TOTAL COOLING -65118.12 -64960.84 -38410.71 -38410.71
EXTERNAL INFILTRATION -1544.65 -1639.58 -376.39 -376.39 The software , by a combination of
FABRIC & various options shall help us to evaluate
EXTERNAL VENT. -5468.75 -5738.56 -3569.41 -3569.41
VENTILATION & propose the most desirable result in
MECH. VENT + NAT. VENT +
(kWh) 0.97 0.97 0.95 0.95 terms of the construction template to
INFILTRATION be used while building the same.
AIR TEMPERATURE 28.66 28.76 27.42 27.42
RADIANT TEMPERATURE 30.64 30.73 28.53 28.53
OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE 29.65 29.75 27.97 27.97
BSS- DESIGN BUILDER.IDHI CHADDA. M.ARCH SEM 1 JNEC

COMFORT
OUTSIDE DBT 27.07 27.07 27.07 27.07
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) 57.52 57.22 66.34 66.34
DISCOMFORT HOURS
Not Desirable Desirable
CONSIDERATIONS

In this case, to achieve Thermal comfort


& Energy efficiency in the warm &
humid climate, following shall be the
most favourable condition –

1. Cavity Walls.(increase thermal


mass)
2. Pitched Roof with insulation.
3. Glazing with a lower U-value is
preferable.
The above shall not only lead to the
comfort of the occupants ..

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