Conference Paper

Proceedings of Building Simulation 2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA

Automating Baseline Models for Code Compliance with Energy Conservation Building Code of India

Nikunj Shukla, Mayank Bhatnagar, Piyush Varma, Hisham Ahmad, Gurneet Singh, Tanmay Tathagat, Anurag Biswas, Robin Jain
EDS, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26868/25222708.2019.211345
Abstract: Building codes are not always easy to interpret. This makes compliance documentation and evaluation a tedious and error prone process. In energy efficiency domain, some energy simulation tools facilitate compliance automation, but there are none for current Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC). Since legislation mandates ECBC Compliance in several states in India, bridging this gap is essential. This paper demonstrates Baseline Automation for ECBC (2017). The approach translates the Proposed Design Simulation Input Definition File (IDF) into a Baseline Case IDF using a Python based scripting language (Eppy). This automation serves as a productivity measure that frees up the energy modeler’s time for pursuing useful design improvements.
Keywords: EnergyPlus, EPPY, Code compliance, Energy Conservation Building Code, Rule-sets
Pages: 4048 - 4052
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