Conference Paper

Proceedings of Building Simulation 2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA

     

Model and Validation of a Multi-family Building ‘Haus M’ Using Modelica

Josué Borrajo Bastero 1, Eline Himpe 1, Martin Ménard 2, Anne Caminade 2, Jelle Laverge 1
1 Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2 Lemon Consult AG, Switzerland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26868/25222708.2019.210763
Abstract: Haus M is a multi-family building composed of twentynine dwellings and a kindergarten. The building and its energy systems have been modelled in Modelica considering a typical occupancy profile based on the habits of the tenants and questionnaires. The limited information about the building combined with its highly-unpredictable use and the simplistic controls of the systems in Haus M conducted to a shallow validation of the model. The results of simulations show an energy use for heating of about the 77% of measured energy. The building is heated using an underfloor heating system that is coupled to a geothermal heat pump. After validation of the model, the estimated energy use was compared with the energy use of a baseline heating system composed of a natural gas boiler and radiators for all heated zones.
Keywords: Modelica, multi-zone simulation, validation, hybridGEOTABS, IDEAS library
Pages: 4235 - 4242
Paper:

BS2019_210763